Home tuition in India, with a tutor who comes to you
Home tuition in India with Edutara means a tutor who comes to your home and teaches one learner: Class 1 to 12 on CBSE, ICSE and state boards, JEE, NEET and CUET, college subjects and spoken English. Thousands of learners study this way. A change of tutor is always free, at the first lesson or months in.
Where can a home tutor reach you?
A home tutor comes to you from nearby, so Edutara starts the search in your own area. Share it when you register, and the tutors who teach your subject close to home are the first ones Edutara looks at. When the best match for the subject lives in another city, the same one-tutor, one-learner lessons run online, anywhere in India.
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What is home tuition?
Home tuition is private teaching at the learner's own home, with one tutor for one learner. The tutor follows the learner's class, board and syllabus, moves at the learner's pace, and spends the whole lesson on that one student's questions, whether it is a Class 3 child learning to read aloud or a Class 12 student revising organic chemistry.
- The tutor travels to the learner, so the lesson happens at a familiar desk and nobody spends the evening in traffic.
- One learner per tutor, so every doubt can be raised and answered in the same lesson.
- Lessons follow the learner's own board and books: CBSE and NCERT, ICSE and ISC, or a state board.
- Days and timings are agreed with the tutor, around school, coaching, college or work.
- Parents of younger learners can sit in, meet the tutor and follow what is being taught.
- It is open to school students, entrance exam aspirants, college students and adults.
When a home tutor makes sense
Some situations where one-to-one teaching at home fits especially well.
The class has moved on and the learner has not
Doubts stay unasked in a big batch
Board exams and entrance prep in the same year
Evenings lost to travel
A young child who needs someone beside them
An adult who would like to learn privately
How Edutara finds a home tutor
Four steps, from telling us what you need to regular lessons at home.
Tell us what needs teaching
The class or exam, the board, the subject, home or online, and the area where you live.
Edutara looks for a tutor
Someone who teaches exactly that subject at that level, and who can travel to your home.
Meet the tutor at the first lesson
Meet the tutor and see how they teach. You continue only if it works for the learner.
Settle into a weekly plan
Days and timings are agreed with the tutor, Edutara confirms the monthly fee, and one invoice from Edutara covers the lessons.
Who home tuition is for
Edutara takes requests from learners at every stage. Tell us the class, the board or the exam, and the search starts from there.
Reading, writing and number sense, English and Hindi, and EVS. A tutor at the same table can guide handwriting and reading aloud, and a parent can sit in.
Maths, science, social science and languages, at the stage where each topic starts building on the last. A good time to close gaps before the board years.
The board years on CBSE, ICSE or a state board such as Maharashtra SSC or Karnataka SSLC: maths, science, social science, English and the second language, with practice on past papers.
Science with PCM or PCB, Commerce with accountancy, economics and business studies, or Humanities, on CBSE, ISC or a state board such as UP Board, Bihar Board or WBCHSE.
JEE Main and Advanced, NEET-UG, CUET-UG, and state CETs such as MHT CET, KCET, AP and TG EAPCET, and WBJEE, planned alongside the Class 11 and 12 board syllabus.
College subjects such as engineering mathematics, statistics, accountancy or programming, taken at a pace set by your semester and your exams.
Spoken English, IELTS, another language or a skill for work, learned at home at a time that fits around your job.
Subjects you can learn with a home tutor
Open a subject to see what a tutor covers at each class and exam, and how lessons at home usually run.
Home tuition, online tuition or a coaching centre?
Each one suits a different learner. Seeing them side by side helps you decide which to try first.
| At a glance | Home tuition | Online tuition | Coaching centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where lessons happen | At the learner's home | Anywhere with a steady internet connection | At the centre |
| Who is in the lesson | One learner and the tutor | One learner and the tutor | A batch of students |
| Who sets the pace | The learner | The learner | The batch and the course plan |
| Travel | The tutor travels to you | Nobody travels | The learner travels |
| Choice of tutor | Tutors who can reach your area | Tutors anywhere in India | The centre's own faculty |
| Asking doubts | Any time in the lesson | Any time in the lesson | Often kept for doubt sessions |
| Fees | Set by Edutara per month, one invoice | Set by Edutara per month, one invoice | Set by the centre, often per course |
| Often suits | Younger children, and learners who focus better with someone beside them | Older students and adults, and learners who want a specialist tutor from another city | Learners who like a fixed timetable and a test series with peers |
What every Edutara match looks like
These are the rules every Edutara match follows, in every city and every subject, from the first request onwards.
One tutor, one learner
Each match is one learner with one tutor, so the whole lesson belongs to that learner.
Matched to the exact need
A Class 12 ISC physics student is matched with a tutor who teaches ISC physics at that level. Class, board, subject and exam all count.
Change the tutor free, at any stage
The learner meets the tutor and sees how they teach. You continue only if it works, and a new tutor, whenever you ask for one, is free of charge.
Fees set by Edutara
Edutara prices the lessons for your class, subject and locality, tells you the fee at enrolment, and collects it by invoice.
Tutors paid for every lesson
Edutara pays the tutor for each lesson taught, and tutors pay nothing to join, so the tutor at your door is there to teach.
Who the tutors are
College students, graduates, retired teachers and teachers outside the school system. Serving school teachers are left out, since Section 28 of the Right to Education Act, 2009 bars them from private tuition.
Before the tutor's first visit
Letting someone new into your home deserves a little care. These steps help the first lesson go well for everyone.
- 1
Talk before the visit
Speak with the tutor on a call first. Ask what they teach, which boards they are most familiar with, and how they would plan the first lesson.
- 2
Ask for identification
It is reasonable to ask for a photo ID and proof of the tutor's college or qualification before they come home.
- 3
Use a common room
The dining table or the living room works well for the first lesson, with an adult at home, especially for a younger child.
- 4
Keep the material ready
The school textbook, the notebook and the last test paper show the tutor where the learner stands within minutes.
- 5
Agree the basics in writing
Days, timings and what happens when a lesson is missed are easier to settle at the start, in a message you can both refer back to; the fee itself comes from Edutara in writing.
- 6
Ask the learner afterwards
Their view of that first lesson matters most. Did the explanations make sense, and would they like a second lesson with this tutor?
How fees work
One fee, one invoice, and a clear line from the learner to Edutara to the tutor.
Set by Edutara for your plan and shared at enrolment, before the first regular lesson.
- Priced from the class, the subject and your locality
- The monthly total follows how many lessons you take each week
- Paid to Edutara by invoice
The lessons themselves, and everything Edutara does around them from the first search onward.
- The search for the right tutor
- Progress checks while lessons run
- A new tutor free of charge whenever you ask
By Edutara, for every lesson taught. Tutors pay nothing to join.
- No joining fee
- No charge per student
- Never paid by the learner in cash or by transfer
Questions about home tuition
The questions worth asking before the first lesson, answered plainly.
Tell us what the learner needs
The class or exam, the board, the subject and your area. Edutara looks for a tutor who teaches exactly that, and swaps the tutor free whenever the fit is off.