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

How much do CurioKids lessons cost in Pakistan?

The price depends only on lessons per week. Starter is 1 lesson a week, Growth is 2 and Accelerator is 3. Whichever you pick, your child has the same lesson: 25 minutes, live and 1-to-1 with a real teacher, in the CurioKids online classroom.

More lessons a week means a lower price for each lesson, and Starter is the smallest payment. You won't find a classroom charge or a fee for feedback added on.

Which currency do families in Pakistan pay in?

Plans for families in Pakistan are priced in US dollars. The country you select when you create your parent account decides the currency, so select Pakistan; the dollar amount on your plan is then the amount charged each time.

If your card is billed in Pakistani rupees, your bank converts the dollar amount at its own rate, so the rupee figure on your statement can differ a little between payments. Check with your bank that the card can make online payments in dollars. Payments go through Stripe, and CurioKids never sees your full card number.

What does the price include?

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.

A child in Pakistan who writes English well in class but holds back when speaking spends most of each lesson talking, with a teacher who treats mistakes as part of learning. For a young reader used to Urdu's right-to-left script, the phonics course teaches English letters and their sounds in a clear order. Lessons follow CurioKids' own CEFR-based curriculum and aren't tied to O Levels or any school exam.

How does billing every 4 weeks work with the school year in Pakistan?

Most schools in Pakistan close for a long summer break in the hottest months, and the Eid holidays come earlier each year because they follow the lunar calendar. Start dates and term lengths differ between provinces and schools, so your child's school calendar is the one to check. Billing every 4 weeks ties each payment to a fixed number of lessons, whichever month it lands 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 visit family in another city over Eid, cancel that week's lessons and keep the plan going. Some children like more English in the long summer break, so you could move up to Growth or Accelerator for the holidays and back down when school starts.

When would lessons happen in Pakistan time?

When you book, every lesson time is shown in Pakistan time. Pakistan doesn't change its clocks, so a slot stays at the same local time in every season. We suggest an after-school lesson between about 4pm and 8pm on a school day, after your child has eaten and had a break, or a Sunday morning.

If power cuts or slow internet affect your area, pick an hour when the connection is usually steadier, keep the laptop or tablet charged and try a short video call at that time first. Our guide to getting ready for a first online English lesson covers the set-up.

Which plan suits a child in Pakistan?

Think about your child's school, the languages at home and how busy evenings are:

• Starter, 1 lesson a week: a child at an English-medium school who needs a regular chance to speak, alongside homework and tuition.
• Growth, 2 lessons a week: a child taught mainly in Urdu, with English as a subject, who needs to hear and use English more often.
• Accelerator, 3 lessons a week: a child just starting to read in English, or getting ready to move to an English-medium school, with time and energy to spare.

Many children in Pakistan grow up with Urdu, English and Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto or another home language. That range is a strength, so keep the home language going. Start with one plan and adjust it as you see how your child gets on; how many English lessons a week does my child need? can help, and online English lessons for children in Pakistan explains English at school.

How does the cost compare with tuition academies and home tutors?

Most families in Pakistan know the local choices: an evening tuition academy, a tutor who visits the home, English classes at a language centre, or lessons online. Each sets its fees its own way, monthly, per subject or per hour, so compare like with like:

• The fee for one session, and the length of that session in minutes.
• How many children the tutor teaches at the same time.
• Whether the session is mostly conversation or mostly homework help.
• Admission fees or book costs added to the monthly amount.
• Fuel, transport and the hours someone spends taking your child there and back.

A home tutor or academy often helps with school work in several subjects; a 1-to-1 English lesson focuses entirely on your child's English. Our guide to online vs in-person English lessons compares the two settings.

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

Yes. You set up a parent account, add your child and book the first lesson without entering any card details. In 25 minutes the teacher gets to know your child, hears them speak and read, and records where to begin, for any child aged 4 to 12. Afterwards you choose whether to continue; if you don't, you owe nothing.

Lessons open country by country. If they haven't opened for families in Pakistan yet, you'll see a waitlist where the prices would be, and we'll let you know when you can book. Our guide on what to look for in a free first lesson helps you judge that first lesson.

Where do I find the prices for Pakistan?

Visit our Pakistan page to see how lessons work and, once lessons for families in Pakistan 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 Pakistan also show any current offer and its terms. For school, English at home and lesson times in Pakistan, read our guide to online English lessons for children in Pakistan.