How much do online English lessons for kids cost in Nepal?

How much do CurioKids lessons cost in Nepal?

Plans are set by lessons a week and nothing else: Starter with 1, Growth with 2, Accelerator with 3. Your child always gets the same lesson, 25 minutes, live and 1-to-1 with a real teacher in the CurioKids classroom.

Adding lessons each week lowers the cost of every lesson, while Starter keeps each payment lowest. No classroom fee or charge for progress reports is added.

Do families in Nepal pay in rupees or US dollars?

Plans for families in Nepal are priced and charged in US dollars. Choose Nepal as your country when you set up your parent account, since that sets the currency, and each payment is the dollar amount on your plan.

If you pay with a card in Nepalese rupees, your bank converts every payment at its own rate, so the rupee amount on your statement may differ slightly each time. Some cards must be enabled for payments abroad first, so ask your bank before you subscribe. Payments are handled by Stripe, and CurioKids never sees your full card number.

What does a plan cover?

Every plan includes the same: live, 1-to-1, 25-minute lessons with a real teacher for children aged 4 to 12, in the CurioKids online classroom with video, an interactive whiteboard, lesson slides and games. Most children start with Phonics Starter, our 52-lesson reading course, then move through CEFR-based levels Pre-A1, A1 and A2. Teachers give feedback after lessons, you follow progress in your parent dashboard, and there is no charge for materials. See our curriculum and safety pages.

Many children in Nepal read and write English at an English-medium or boarding school but rarely get to speak it at length, so a 1-to-1 lesson gives them the speaking time a large class can't. For a child who reads Devanagari, where spelling is very regular, the phonics course explains the patterns of English spelling step by step. Lessons follow CurioKids' own CEFR-based curriculum and aren't linked to school exams in Nepal.

How does billing every 4 weeks fit the school year in Nepal?

The school year in Nepal generally begins in spring, around the Nepali New Year, and the long Dashain and Tihar holidays come in autumn; schools in colder areas may also close for part of the winter. Dates vary between schools, so check your child's calendar. Because CurioKids bills every 4 weeks, each payment covers the same number of lessons, whichever Nepali or Gregorian month it falls in.

Plans bill every 4 weeks, not by calendar month, so every billing period has the same number of lessons: 13 payments a year. Every plan can be paid weekly instead, and paying every 4 weeks costs less than four weekly payments. You're charged when you subscribe and then at the start of each billing period. Your price is locked on your subscription, so future price changes don't affect you. You can change plan or cancel anytime, and cancel a single lesson up to 2 hours before it starts.

If you travel home for Dashain, cancel the lessons your child will miss and keep the plan running. When school work picks up again after the festivals, you can move between Starter and Growth as the week allows.

When would lessons happen in Nepal time?

When you book, every lesson time is shown in Nepal time. Nepal's clock is 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of UTC, a quarter of an hour ahead of India's, and it doesn't change during the year, so there's no time from a nearby zone to adjust. Your weekly slot stays the same in every season.

We suggest the after-school hours, roughly 4pm to 8pm on a school day, or a Saturday morning, since Saturday is the main weekly holiday. A 25-minute lesson at home fits between school, tuition and dinner. Check your connection at the planned hour with a short video call, and keep the device charged.

Which plan suits a child in Nepal?

Your child's school, the languages at home and the shape of the week all matter:

• Starter, 1 lesson a week: a child at a boarding school who reads and writes English well and needs steady conversation practice.
• Growth, 2 lessons a week: a child at a community school learning in Nepali, with English as a subject, who needs to speak it more often.
• Accelerator, 3 lessons a week: a child just beginning to read in English, or about to change to an English-medium school, who is keen and not overloaded.

Plenty of children in Nepal speak Maithili, Bhojpuri, Newar, Tamang or another language at home, then Nepali and English at school. That's a real strength, so keep the home language alive. You can move between plans whenever you need. See how many English lessons a week does my child need? and online English lessons for children in Nepal.

How does the cost compare with tuition and home tutors in Nepal?

In Nepal, families commonly choose between tuition after school, a home tutor, an English course at a local institute or lessons online. Fees come monthly, per subject or per session, so it helps to compare the same things for each:

• What you pay per session, and how many minutes that session lasts.
• How many children share the tutor's time.
• Whether the time is spent on homework or on speaking and reading.
• Admission or materials fees on top of the regular fee.
• Getting there: the walk, bus or ride, and the time it takes in traffic or bad weather.

Tuition usually follows school work, often with several children at once; a 1-to-1 lesson works on how your child reads and speaks. If your child already has tuition, look at the whole week first. Online vs in-person English lessons compares the two settings.

Is the first lesson free, and when can families in Nepal start?

Yes. After you create a parent account and add your child, you book the first lesson with no card required. Over 25 minutes the teacher gets your child talking, checks their reading and sets a starting level, for children aged 4 to 12. Most begin with Phonics Starter; a child who already reads can be placed in a CEFR-based level. You decide afterwards, and if you don't continue, you pay nothing.

CurioKids opens its lessons country by country. If booking for families in Nepal hasn't opened yet, a waitlist takes the place of the prices in this guide, and we'll let you know once you can book. Before the day, our guide what to look for in a free first lesson is worth a read.

Where can I find the prices for Nepal?

Visit our Nepal page to see how lessons work and, once lessons for families in Nepal open, to book your child's free first lesson; until then it has a waitlist, and we'll let you know when you can book. Once they open, the prices for Nepal also show any current offer and its terms. For school, English at home and lesson times in Nepal, read our guide to online English lessons for children in Nepal.