OSH is not a course platform and it is not a tutoring service. It sits deliberately between the two — and that distinction is what makes it work for homeschooling families in a way that neither option alone can. This page gives you an honest overview of how we work. The best way to see it properly is to talk to us directly — but start here.
Not a Fixed Course — A Personalised Program
The most important thing to understand about OSH is that no two students move through it the same way. Every student has a dedicated teacher who monitors their progress, confidence, and skill level — and adjusts the program around what that specific child actually needs.
If your child has strong foundations in one area and gaps in another, the teacher addresses the gaps. If your child is advanced and moving faster than expected, the teacher increases the depth and complexity. The content is the library. The teacher decides which books your child needs, in what order, and at what pace.
How Content is Delivered
All OSH content is accessed through the OurSchoolHouse student portal. Students work through video lessons, written notes, quizzes, and practice exercises at their own pace — not at a fixed scheduled time. For homeschooling families who have built their day around their child’s natural rhythm, this matters.
The video lessons at OSH are not short-form explainers or abbreviated summaries. They are comprehensive, in-depth lessons designed to build genuine understanding of a topic from the ground up — the kind of explanation that does not assume the student already half-knows the material and does not move on until the concept is clear. A student who watches an OSH lesson on a topic they have never encountered before should be able to explain that topic to someone else by the end of it. That is the standard the content is built to.
Your Child’s Dedicated Teacher
Every OSH student has one teacher responsible for their progress. Not a help desk. Not a shared inbox. A specific person who knows your child’s work and makes the calls about when to slow down, when to push forward, and what to focus on next.
Students can reach their teacher through the platform at any time — for a question about a concept, a topic that is not landing, or anything else that comes up in the course of learning. This ongoing access is what separates a genuinely supported learning experience from a student working alone through a course and hoping for the best.
It also means the parent does not have to be the expert. That responsibility sits with the teacher.
What Age Groups Does OSH Support?
OSH supports students from Grade 1 through Grade 12.
Grades 1 to 5 — Early Years
Parent involvement alongside the child is encouraged — not because the content is too difficult, but because young learners get significantly more out of any structured program when a parent is present and engaged. The focus at these grades is building strong foundations and making learning genuinely enjoyable.
Grades 6 to 12 — Independent Years
From Grade 6 onward, students work independently through the platform with their dedicated teacher as their primary academic support. By Grade 9, the content is fully aligned with the NIOS syllabus so that board exam preparation is built into the everyday learning — not bolted on at the end.
How NIOS Fits In
For students in Grades 9 to 12, most of the OSH program is focused and built around the NIOS syllabus and certification pathway. The content your child works through is the content they will be examined on. OSH also helps families navigate the NIOS administrative process — the parts that consistently cause confusion without a guide.
For younger students, the focus is on building foundations and keeping learning engaging while making sure that the NIOS years are manageable when they arrive. That long-term view shapes how we approach even the earliest grades.
NIOS is the board we know best and the one we recommend for most Indian homeschooling families — but it is not the only board we support. If your child is working toward IGCSE, or if your family has a specific board in mind for reasons of international university goals or personal preference, speak to us about it. We work with families on their terms, and where we can support a different certification pathway we will tell you honestly what that looks like. Where NIOS is the right fit — which it is for the majority of families we work with — we will tell you that too.
Why OSH Was Built This Way
OSH was built from a decade of learning the way I actually learned — not from a textbook on pedagogy, but from being a student who knew exactly when something was working and when it was not.
What worked was never rote learning or memorisation. What worked was understanding something deeply enough to visualise it, explain it, and actually use it. The content that stayed with me was always the content that was well made, engaging, and genuinely interesting — Khan Academy, Udemy, Coursera, YouTube, BrainPop, and dozens of others. Each platform had things it did brilliantly and things it did not. OSH is the result of taking the best of all of them and building something that combines those strengths into one place, tailored specifically to each student.
The result is a program built around the philosophy that learning should never feel like a chore. Pacing that matches the student rather than the syllabus. Content that is animated, interactive, and genuinely engaging. Games, worksheets, and rewards that make progress feel like progress. The flexibility to add or remove subjects as your child’s interests and goals evolve. And underneath all of it, content that is actually rigorous and valuable — not just entertaining.
One thing I place particular importance on is self-learning. If a child learns how to learn — how to find answers, how to work through something difficult, how to stay curious — then nothing is truly out of reach for them. OSH is designed to build that skill deliberately, keeping students neuroplastic, adaptive, and genuinely capable of driving their own education. That independence is one of the most valuable things homeschooling gave me, and it is one of the most valuable things OSH is built to give your child.
— Mihir · More about the team →
Want to See How It Works for Your Child Specifically?
The best way to understand whether OSH is the right fit is a conversation. Every child’s situation is different — their age, their goals, where they are in their learning journey — and a quick call with us will tell you more than any page can.