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IB Tutors in Zurich — Diploma, MYP and PYP

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An IB tutor in Zurich is working across four quite different schools. Inter-Community School in Zumikon runs the whole continuum from Primary Years to Diploma. Zurich International School runs the Diploma alongside Advanced Placement. Swiss International School in Wallisellen runs the Diploma next to a bilingual Matura. And at Literargymnasium and Realgymnasium Rämibühl, the Diploma sits inside a Swiss state gymnasium. We assign on the programme, the level and the subject group — not on "IB".

Standard Level and Higher Level are both CHF 95 an hour, all-in. The Diploma core — Extended Essay, TOK and the Internal Assessments — is tutored as ordinary hours.

An IB Diploma student in Zurich working through annotated past papers and subject binders before a one-to-one tutoring session Higher Level specialists
Higher Level costs no more Standard Level and Higher Level are both Specialist at CHF 95 an hour.
Your first lesson decidesNot right? Your money back, or a different tutor and that hour returned.
Same price at home or onlineNo travel surcharge anywhere in the canton, no registration fee, no minimum term.
The core is included workExtended Essay, TOK and the Internal Assessments are tutored like any other hour.

IB tutoring in Zurich

What does an IB tutor in Zurich cost?

An IB tutor in Zurich costs CHF 95 an hour for Diploma and MYP work with Good Tutors Finder, all-in, per 60 minutes — and that figure is the same at Standard Level and at Higher Level. Ten prepaid hours are CHF 810, which is CHF 81 an hour. Primary Years work for a child aged 10 or under is CHF 85.

Diploma and MYP, all-in

CHF 95

Standard Level, Higher Level, MYP and the Diploma core, at one Specialist rate. Nothing is added at checkout, and the online price is identical.

4 schools

Inter-Community School Zumikon, Zurich International School, Swiss International School Wallisellen, and the two Rämibühl gymnasiums — four quite different ways of running the same Diploma.

2 public gymnasiums

Literargymnasium and Realgymnasium Rämibühl are the only public schools in canton Zurich offering the combined bilingual Matura and IB Diploma.

6 subject groups

A Diploma is six subjects, three of them at Higher Level, plus the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and CAS. It is rarely all six that are the problem.

Late April to May

The Diploma written examinations. A family starting in the autumn has the mocks and the spring ahead of them; one starting in February has the spring only.

The IB work Zurich families ask for most

Diploma Higher LevelDiploma Standard LevelAnalysis and ApproachesApplications and InterpretationInternal AssessmentsExtended EssayTheory of KnowledgeGroup 4 sciencesEnglish A Language and LiteratureGerman B and ab initioEconomicsMYP criteriaMYP personal projectPYPUniversity admissions

The schools here

Where the IB is taught in and around Zurich

The Diploma is one qualification but four rather different school experiences in this canton, and the difference matters when we assign. Tell us the school and the year group.

ICS

Inter-Community School Zurich — Zumikon

The full continuum: Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma in a single school, on the Forch line above the lake.

The pinch points are the MYP-to-DP step, the personal project and the Diploma core. A pupil who has been in the continuum since Grade 1 meets the Diploma differently from one who arrived at 16.

ZIS

Zurich International School — Adliswil and Wädenswil

Lower School in Wädenswil, Middle and Upper School in Adliswil, more than 1,300 pupils from over 50 countries.

The Upper School runs the Diploma alongside Advanced Placement, so families here are often choosing between the two, or sitting both. AP and DP are different specifications and we assign on which one your child is entered for.

SIS

Swiss International School Zürich — Wallisellen

The Diploma alongside the Swiss bilingual Matura, with pupils able to take both qualifications.

The German-language Matura subjects are where an internationally-schooled child most often needs hours, and they sit right next to Diploma deadlines in the same year.

RG/LG

Literargymnasium and Realgymnasium Rämibühl

The two public gymnasiums in canton Zurich running the combined bilingual Matura and IB Diploma, with biology, history and mathematics taught in English.

Everything else on the Zurich state route leads to the Matura alone. This is the one place where a Zurich family is preparing a Swiss Matura and an IB Diploma at the same time.

Which of the six

Which subject group is the problem?

A Diploma is six subjects, three of them at Higher Level, and it is almost never all six. Naming the group is usually enough for us to assign the right person.

Studies in Language and Literature

English A Language and Literature or Literature, and German A for the bilingual routes. Paper 1 unseen analysis is the component that most often needs teaching rather than practice.

Language Acquisition

German B and German ab initio in particular — the subject where an international family arriving in Zurich most often needs immediate help, and where the gap between school German and Diploma German is widest.

Individuals and Societies

Economics, Business Management, History, Psychology and Geography. Economics in particular rewards diagram technique and precise definitions in a way that reading alone does not fix.

Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science and Environmental Systems and Societies, each with an Internal Assessment marked against a published rubric.

Mathematics

Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation, at Standard or Higher Level. Two genuinely different courses, not two difficulties of one.

The Arts, or a second subject

Visual Arts, Music and Theatre, or a second Group 3 or Group 4 subject in place of them. Coursework-heavy, deadline-driven, and rarely what a general tutor is set up for.

The IB in this canton

Where the IB programmes are taught in Zurich

Zurich runs all three IB programmes, but not all three at every school — and a tutor who knows the subject is not the same as a tutor who knows the paper. This is where each programme actually runs and what we tutor on it.

DP

IB Diploma Programme

The full Diploma at Standard and Higher Level, plus the core — Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and the Internal Assessments.

Taught in Zurich at

Zurich International School · AdliswilInter-Community School · ZumikonSwiss International School · WallisellenLiterargymnasium RämibühlRealgymnasium Rämibühl
MYP

IB Middle Years Programme

The four assessment criteria, the personal project, and the step up into DP1 that catches most families out.

Taught in Zurich at

Inter-Community School · Zumikon
PYP

IB Primary Years Programme

Units of inquiry, and the English and mathematics foundations a child carries into the Middle Years.

Taught in Zurich at

Inter-Community School · ZumikonInternational School Zurich North · Wallisellen

Curriculum, school, year group and what tutoring does

Curricula taught in canton Zurich, where each runs, and what Good Tutors Finder tutors on it
CurriculumWhere in the cantonYear groupWhat we tutor
IB DiplomaAdliswil · Zumikon · Wallisellen · Rämibühl16–18HL and SL papers, IAs, Extended Essay, TOK
IB Middle YearsZumikon11–16The four criteria, personal project, the DP1 step
IB Primary YearsZumikon · Wallisellen3–11Units of inquiry, English and maths foundations

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Schools are named because they teach the programme, not because they endorse us: Good Tutors Finder is not affiliated with, endorsed by, partnered with or in any way connected to any school named on this page. Programmes were checked against each school's own published curriculum pages in August 2026 — confirm with the school for the year your child enters.

Across the canton

Where in Zurich we teach

Canton Zurich is twelve districts and more than a million and a half people, and its schools are spread right across them — the international campuses on the lake and in the Glattal, the Kantonsschulen in the city, and a ZAP cohort in every commune. Tutors travel to all of it, and the online price is identical, so distance never changes what you pay.

City of Zurich

8001 – 8064

The two Rämibühl gymnasiums, Kantonsschule Hottingen and the Freies Gymnasium, plus the largest ZAP cohort in Switzerland. Most of our city work sits in Kreis 6, 7 and 8.

Küsnacht, Zollikon & Zumikon

8700 · 8702 · 8126

The right bank. Kantonsschule Küsnacht and the Inter-Community School at Zumikon — the full IB continuum from the Primary Years to the Diploma, in one village.

Adliswil, Kilchberg & Thalwil

8134 · 8802 · 8800

The Sihl valley and the left bank. Zurich International School's Adliswil campus, and with it most of our Diploma and Advanced Placement travel.

Wallisellen, Opfikon & Dübendorf

8304 · 8152 · 8600

The Glattal. Swiss International School and International School Zurich North sit here, and the Lycée Français Marie Curie is just above Dübendorf at Gockhausen.

Winterthur

8400 – 8409

The canton's second city, with its own Kantonsschulen and its own ZAP volume, about twenty-five minutes from the Hauptbahnhof. Tutors travel; many families here also take the online rate.

Uster, Wetzikon & the Oberland

8610 · 8620

The S-Bahn corridor east. Gymi preparation and Sekundarschule work dominate, and evening slots are easier to hold online in winter.

Horgen, Wädenswil & the left bank

8810 · 8820

Down the lake towards Schwyz. Long commutes into the city, so families here often run one lesson at home each week and the rest online.

Bülach, Kloten & the Unterland

8180 · 8302

The airport corridor, and the part of the canton where families most often arrive mid-year. Arrival English and arrival German start here more than anywhere else.

Not in Zurich? We work in every canton — Zug and Basel among them, or Gymi preparation and Swiss Matura tutoring wherever you are. The full list is on areas served.

A tutor and a secondary-school student working through exercises at a kitchen table in Zurich

How it works

How do you get a tutor in Zurich?

Three steps, and the first takes two minutes. You book online yourself — we will never put a charge through on your behalf.

  • Tell us three things. Your child's age, the school and year group, and the date you are working towards. Those set the tier, the pack size and the urgency. Nobody else asks about the date.
  • We assign a tutor in 48 to 72 hours, chosen on subject, curriculum, level and availability, then confirmed with you on WhatsApp. If the fit is wrong we reassign at no cost.
  • Start with one hour, not a leap. The first hour is charged at the standard rate for the tier — CHF 85, CHF 95 or CHF 130. Buy a package afterwards and that amount comes straight off it, so the hour you have already had is re-priced at the package rate too.
  • Lessons at home or online, priced the same. Tutors travel across the canton, from the city out to Winterthur and the Oberland; online covers the rest of Switzerland and the weeks your family is away.

Prices and packages

Prices for an IB tutor in Zurich

The Diploma sits at the Specialist rate, and it stays there whether the paper is Standard Level or Higher Level. MYP and PYP follow the age rule like everything else. Distinction is our most accomplished tutors — available on any IB work at any level, and elected by you rather than triggered by the syllabus.

Foundation — CHF 85 an hour. Any subject, any curriculum, for a learner aged 10 or under — most of our PYP and lower-MYP work in Zumikon and Wallisellen. Plus true-beginner German or French at CEFR A1–A2, at any age, including the newly-arrived parent.

5 hours

Best rate held 1 month · package valid 12 months

CHF 425

CHF 390

CHF 78 an hour

You save CHF 35
  • A short push before a test
  • 3–4 sessions of 90 minutes
  • At home in Zurich or online, same price
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10 hours

Best rate held 2 months · package valid 12 months

CHF 850

CHF 720

CHF 72 an hour

You save CHF 130
  • Half a term of weekly lessons
  • 6–7 sessions of 90 minutes
  • The rate clock pauses over your commune's school holidays
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20 hours

Best rate held 3 months · package valid 12 months

CHF 1,700

CHF 1,390

CHF 69.50 an hour

You save CHF 310
  • A full school term, one session a week
  • 13–14 sessions of 90 minutes
  • Our lowest hourly figure
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Just one lesson?

The single-hour Foundation rate, with no package and no commitment.

CHF 85

How long you have

A full year to use your package. Your best rate held for up to three months.

There are two clocks and they do different things. The short one protects the rate you paid. The long one is how long the value stays on your account. Most of this market publishes neither.

5 hoursBest rate held for 1 month
10 hoursBest rate held for 2 months
20 hoursBest rate held for 3 months
Every package — valid for 12 months from the day you buy it Your value stays on your account for a full year, whatever the rate window does.
  • The rate clock pauses over your commune's school holidays, automatically, on the cantonal calendar rather than a generic Swiss one. The dates are in the table below, and they are not Zurich's.
  • One free one-month extension on the rate window, for the asking, up to 30 days before it closes. Auto-approved, and we offer it before you have to ask.
  • When the rate window closes, nothing is taken. The hours you have already had are recalculated at the standard rate, and the balance stays on your account for the rest of the twelve months, used against the price at the time.
  • You will hear from us long before the year is up. A reminder at nine months, another at eleven. A balance still unused after twelve months closes — but it should never come as a surprise, and it never has to happen.
A worked example, on Zurich's calendar. A family in Küsnacht buys a Specialist 10-hour package on 1 September. The two-month rate window would ordinarily close on 1 November — but the city's autumn holidays run from 5 to 17 October, so the clock stops for those thirteen days and the window closes on 14 November instead. Nobody has to ask for that, and nobody has to notice it.

Which calendar your rate clock follows. In canton Zurich each commune sets its own Volksschule holidays; only the start of the year and the Christmas break are binding canton-wide, and the Bildungsdirektion sets the Mittelschule dates centrally with the sports holidays split into three regional windows. The international schools set their own terms again. The full 2026/27 table is on the private tutors in Zurich page. Tell us the school and we run the clock on that calendar.

Every figure on this page is in Swiss francs, all-in, per 60 minutes, correct as of August 2026, and identical at home and online. Full grid on the tutoring prices page.

Still deciding

You do not have to buy a package to meet a tutor

Take one hour at the standard rate — CHF 85, CHF 95 or CHF 130 depending on the tier. If you carry on, that amount comes off your package in full, so the hour you have already had is re-priced at the package rate along with the rest. There is no cheaper way in and no penalty for starting small.

Tell us the school, the year group and the paper. We come back with a tutor who has taught it, typically within 48 to 72 hours.

The core

The three things nobody plans for

The Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and the Internal Assessments are worth real points and are the components most often left until they are urgent. They are ordinary hours at the ordinary rate here.

The Extended Essay

Four thousand words on a question the candidate chooses, marked against a published rubric, and supervised by a teacher who has their own timetable. The commonest failure is a question that cannot be answered in the word count, and that is fixable in the first two hours.

Theory of Knowledge

An essay on a prescribed title and an exhibition. TOK is examined on a way of arguing rather than a body of content, which is exactly why bright candidates who have never been taught the moves underperform on it.

The Internal Assessments

One per subject, marked against a published rubric, and worth a fifth to a third of the grade depending on the subject. A candidate who has read the rubric and one who has not are separated by whole grade boundaries.

CAS, honestly

Creativity, Activity, Service is a completion requirement rather than a graded one. We will not sell you hours against it, and if a school has told you otherwise, ask them again.

Our tutors

Who will be teaching the Diploma to your child?

Every tutor is employed through CANICET GmbH, a Zug company — not subcontracted and not introduced to you as a freelancer. Social contributions, accident cover and liability insurance sit with us, and your family carries no employment obligation at all.

The question is not whether someone is good at the subject. It is whether they have taught the paper your child is sitting, in the system your child is sitting it in.

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Daniel

Mathematics, physics and computer science. Analysis and Approaches at Higher Level, the mathematics exploration, and the DP1 step up from MYP and IGCSE.

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Lukas

Biology, chemistry and environmental systems. Group 4 internal assessments, practical method and the evaluation criterion that most students underscore.

Eva, English, languages and humanities tutor at Good Tutors Finder Switzerland

Eva

English, languages and humanities. English A Language and Literature, the Individual Oral, Paper 1 unseen analysis and the HL essay.

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Matteo

Business management, economics and the social sciences. Diagram accuracy, evaluation, and the structure of a fifteen-mark answer.

Assigned, not browsed

You do not sort through a list of strangers. Tell us the subject, the level and the session, and we assign the right person within 48 to 72 hours.

Reassigned without friction

If the fit is wrong, say so. We reassign at no cost, and your hours stay with your family — they were never attached to one tutor.

Examiners on the bench

Our tutors include IB and IGCSE examiners, internal-assessment moderators, and current and former international-school teachers. Which of those is true of the person coming to you is confirmed when we assign them — never promised before, because that would be a promise about someone we have not yet named.

The calendar

The IB year, and when families actually start

There are no countdowns on this page and no offers that end on Sunday. These are the real dates the Diploma runs to, and the honest answer to "when should we start" is almost always earlier than the month you are reading this in.

The IB Diploma year and typical tutoring start points
Point in the programmeWhenWhat tutoring does at that point
DP1 beginsMid-AugustSubject and level choices settle. The step from MYP 5 or IGCSE is steeper than it looks, particularly in HL maths
TOK exhibitionAutumn of DP1Object choice and the link to the prompt — a small piece of work that is easy to lose marks on
Extended Essay research questionLate DP1The single highest-leverage hour in the whole core. Narrow it now, not in the rewrite
Internal AssessmentsDP1 spring to DP2 winterOne per subject, all bunched. Sequencing and method, not content
Mock examinationsDP2, typically January–FebruaryThe results that make most Zurich families call us. Ten to twelve weeks of runway still left at this point
Extended Essay and TOK essay finalDP2, late winterReferencing, the reflections, and the word count
May session examinationsLate April to 20 MayPaper technique, command terms and timing under real conditions
Results6 JulyRetakes, enquiries upon results, and the decision on a November pivot — usually within a week
November sessionOctober–NovemberSold June to August, delivered September to November

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The city of Zurich's school holidays fall at 5–17 October, 21 December to 2 January, 15–27 February and 26 April to 8 May in 2026/27 — every commune in the canton sets its own dates, and the international schools set their own terms on top of that. All of them matter when you are counting working weeks to 20 May, and the best-rate clock on your package pauses for the cantonal ones automatically. More on the Zurich tutoring page.

If it goes wrong

What happens if it isn't right?

The strongest thing we can tell you about a first lesson is what happens if it disappoints you. When it does, you choose which of the first two applies — we do not choose for you.

01

Not right? Your money back.

If the first lesson on your package does not meet your expectations for tutor knowledge or professionalism, we refund the whole package to your card — including the hour you had. No questions, no conditions, nothing to argue about.

02

Or carry on with someone else.

Would you rather stay? We assign a different tutor and credit that hour straight back to your package. Your choice, not ours — and you can ask for a different tutor at any later point too, at no cost.

03

Fourteen days to change your mind

Bought a package and had second thoughts before starting? A full refund to your card within 14 days, provided no lesson has been taken. Switzerland gives no statutory right of withdrawal online — this one is ours, voluntarily.

04

Free cancellation until 17:00

Cancel or reschedule until 17:00 the day before and the hour is not deducted from your package. Children get ill and school trips move; that is not something to be charged for. No minimum term — stop whenever you like — and no enrolment fee.

Families we work with

What parents tell us

Named by first name and initial, with the city and the exact tuition they bought. Every rating below was given to us directly by the family it is attributed to — and our independent Review Atlas profile stands at 4.9 out of 5 from 1,756 reviews.

★★★★★

Our daughter's tutor understands the IB programme extremely well and knows exactly what is expected in the examinations. The lessons are focused, challenging and very well organised. Her confidence in Maths has improved enormously.

Rachel P. · Zurich · Online IB Maths tuition

★★★★★

Finding someone who genuinely understood IB Biology was very important to us. The tutor explains difficult topics clearly and regularly incorporates exam-style questions into the lessons. Our son is now much better prepared.

Sarah T. · Küsnacht · At-home IB Biology tuition

★★★★★

The tutor has helped our son move beyond simply learning definitions and start thinking like an IB Economics student. His diagrams, evaluation and longer responses have all improved noticeably.

Michael B. · Zurich · Online IB Economics tuition

★★★★★

Our daughter was struggling with several HL Chemistry topics. Her tutor broke everything down into manageable steps and helped her understand the reasoning behind the calculations. She now approaches the subject with much more confidence.

Laura H. · Zollikon · At-home IB Chemistry tuition

★★★★★

The support with IB English has been excellent. The tutor provides detailed feedback on essay structure, analysis and argumentation without simply rewriting the work. Our daughter has become a much stronger and more independent writer.

Daniel M. · Zurich · Online IB English tuition

★★★★★

We have been very impressed by the tutor's knowledge of the IB curriculum. The sessions are always connected to what our son is studying and include appropriate examination practice. He feels much more in control of his workload now.

Sophie R. · Thalwil · At-home IB tuition

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Questions

Common questions from IB families in Zurich

How much does an IB tutor in Zurich cost?

An IB tutor in Zurich costs CHF 95 an hour with Good Tutors Finder for Diploma and MYP work, all-in, per 60 minutes. Ten prepaid hours are CHF 810, which is CHF 81 an hour. PYP work for a child aged 10 or under is CHF 85. If you would like our most accomplished tutors, Distinction is CHF 130 and it is yours to choose on any of it. Nothing is added at checkout and the online price is the same as the at-home one.

Is Higher Level charged at a higher rate than Standard Level?

No. IB Higher Level is Specialist work at CHF 95 an hour, exactly as Standard Level is. The tier is set by the learner's age and the complexity of the work, never by the level printed on the paper. Some families choose Distinction at CHF 130 for the final Diploma year because they want our most accomplished tutors in the room; that is an election, not a requirement, and we offer it once and then leave it with you.

Which Zurich schools run the IB?

Inter-Community School Zurich in Zumikon runs the full continuum — Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma. Zurich International School runs the Diploma alongside Advanced Placement in its Adliswil Upper School, with its Lower School in Wädenswil. Swiss International School Zürich in Wallisellen runs the Diploma alongside the Swiss bilingual Matura, and pupils can take both. Literargymnasium Rämibühl and Realgymnasium Rämibühl are the only public schools in canton Zurich offering the combined bilingual Matura and IB Diploma.

Do you tutor the Extended Essay, TOK and the Internal Assessments?

Yes, and they are ordinary hours at the ordinary rate rather than an add-on product. The core is where a great many otherwise strong Diploma candidates lose points, usually because the criteria were never taught explicitly: an Internal Assessment is marked against a published rubric, and so is the Extended Essay. Tell us which component and which subject and we assign accordingly.

When should we start for the May session?

The Diploma written examinations run from late April into May. Families who start in the autumn have the mocks, the Internal Assessment deadlines and the spring in front of them; families who start in February have the spring only. We are not going to invent urgency about it — but 95% of the students who joined us before September achieved their target grades by May, and the joining window is the part of that sentence that does the work.

Our child is at Rämibühl doing the bilingual Matura and the IB. Can you cover both?

That is the specific Zurich case, and yes. At Literargymnasium and Realgymnasium Rämibühl subjects including biology, history and mathematics are taught in English on the combined route, while the rest of the Matura runs in German on a cantonal syllabus. It is a genuine double track, and we assign a tutor who has taught both sides rather than one who knows the IB and hopes for the best on the Matura half.

How quickly can an IB tutor start?

We come back with a tutor, typically within 48 to 72 hours. We will not promise faster — it depends on who is free for that subject at that level in that week of term. What we will promise is the first lesson: if it does not meet your expectations, you choose between the whole package refunded to your card and a different tutor with that hour credited straight back.

Is the IB the right thing for our child at all?

Sometimes the honest answer is no, and it is worth saying so before you buy anything. If your child is a year into the Diploma and struggling across four subjects rather than one, more tutoring may not be the lever. Tell us what has been happening — book a tutor and describe the year group and the subjects, or ask on WhatsApp first — and we will say plainly what we think, including when the answer is that tutoring is not it.

The rest of the site

Where do you go from here?

Every page below carries the same prices, the same guarantees and the same 48-to-72-hour assignment. The difference is only which part of the Diploma it goes into.

The IB, in more detail

The programme pages and the curricula families compare it against.

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Zurich, in more detail

The city hub and the subjects Diploma families buy most.

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Subjects, timing and the practicalities

What Diploma families buy alongside, and how the service runs.

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Start here

Tell us the subject, the level and which session you are sitting

We will come back with a tutor who has taught that syllabus, typically within 48 to 72 hours. Booking takes about two minutes, and there is no fee of any kind to enquire or to be assigned a tutor.

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