Sharjah · Online
ICT tutors in Sharjah
The applied route: spreadsheets, databases, document production and web authoring to a professional standard, plus understanding how technology is used in organisations. Most of the grade is earned at a computer.
- USD 20-40 per hour
- Online, UTC+4
- Free 1-hour trial class
ICT in Sharjah: what usually goes wrong
Sharjah families frequently do something the school system does not account for: the student attends school in one emirate and lives in another, losing an hour or more each way. By the time they are home, an in-person tutor is not a realistic weekly arrangement. The curriculum mix here is also wider than in Dubai, which means the first question, which syllabus is this student actually entered for, matters more, and is answered wrongly more often.
The pattern repeats across schools, and it is rarely about ability. It is about the gap between understanding a topic and being able to perform it under the exact conditions the paper imposes. In ICT specifically, these are where the marks go:
- Practical tasks that are technically correct but lose marks on formatting and evidence requirements
- Spreadsheet functions learned by rote rather than as tools for a stated problem
- Running out of time in the practical papers because tasks are done in an inefficient order
- Underestimating the theory paper because the practical work feels like the real subject
Every one of those is trainable. None of them is fixed by covering the syllabus again more slowly, which is what most extra help amounts to.
Who this suits
Students who want a technology qualification that rewards precision and process rather than programming, and who will be assessed largely on practical work produced under time pressure.
Which level is your child at?
Each level asks for something different, and preparation that ignores that difference wastes time. These pages set out what changes at each stage:
How lessons run
One-to-one, over video, with a shared whiteboard so tutor and student work on the same page at the same time. Sixty minutes is the default; twice weekly in the eight weeks before a paper.
Every session starts with marked work from the previous week, moves to the day's topic with a worked example, and ends with the student attempting a real past paper question live. After it, you get a written note from the tutor saying what was covered and what needs to happen next. The full process is here.
What it costs
USD 20-40 per 60-minute lesson, depending on level: the same rate wherever the student is, because the lesson is the same. Billed monthly against lessons actually taught, with no prepaid blocks and no minimum commitment. The full breakdown is on the pricing page.
ICT tutoring in Sharjah: common questions
Is ICT easier than Computer Science?
No, it is a different kind of difficult. Most of the IGCSE is assessed at a computer under strict time pressure, and the practical papers are marked on evidence rather than intention: correct work saved or named wrongly scores nothing.
How is practical work taught online?
The student works on their own machine while sharing their screen, which is closer to exam conditions than watching a demonstration. Timed past papers marked together against the published scheme is what changes results here.
Does it matter that our computer is a Mac and school uses Windows?
It can, particularly for spreadsheet function differences and file format requirements. Preparation should be done in the environment the student will actually sit the exam in, with the differences flagged explicitly rather than discovered on the day.
My child goes to school in Dubai but we live in Sharjah. Does that matter?
It matters a great deal for scheduling, and it is one of the most common situations we see. With an hour or more of commuting each way, an in-person tutor is rarely a commitment that survives the term. Online sessions start when your child is home rather than when they have finished travelling to someone.
Which curricula do you cover for Sharjah schools?
The curriculum mix here is wider than in Dubai, so establishing the exact syllabus your child is entered for is the first thing we do. We teach to Cambridge and other British-curriculum specifications and to the IB; if a student is on a syllabus we do not cover, we will say so rather than improvise.
What do lessons cost in Sharjah?
USD 20-40 per 60-minute lesson depending on level, billed monthly against lessons actually taught. We price in US dollars and charge the same rates everywhere we teach, because the lesson is identical wherever the student is. The full breakdown by level is on the pricing page, and there are no prepaid packages or registration fees.