Achievement through learning
Smart College achievements and recognition
Student achievement, teaching innovation and international education, with links to the published records.
Reasons to discover Smart College
For families comparing schools in Tyre and South Lebanon, concrete achievements offer a useful starting point. These records celebrate students and educators associated with Smart College, alongside the school’s IB Diploma Programme authorization.
Each achievement below identifies its year and scope so you can explore the original source.
2024 · Student mathematics
First place in Grade 3 at Math Kangaroo Lebanon
The organizer’s 2024 Math Kangaroo Lebanon results list a Smart College student at rank 1 out of 58 in Grade 3. Smart College students also appear at ranks 5, 9 and 10 in that grade, with rank 5 shared with other entrants.
In Grade 2, the same results list Smart College students at ranks 2, 3, 4 and 7 out of 58.
These are individual student results within the competition’s grade categories, not an overall ranking of schools or a measure of every student’s performance.
Read the organizer’s 2024 results (PDF, pages 2–3).
2022 · Teaching innovation
First-prize recognition from Teach For Lebanon
Teach For Lebanon’s report on its 2022 Don’t Stop Learning competition names Abbas Maana, identified in that report as a mathematics coordinator at Smart College, as the first-prize winner.
His project used video and creative teaching techniques to explain mathematics concepts. The organizer reports receiving projects from 38 teachers across five Lebanese governorates. This was an award to the educator for his project.
Read Teach For Lebanon’s report, published 8 December 2022.
2025 · International education
IB Diploma Programme authorization
The International Baccalaureate directory lists Smart College as an IB World School since 12 June 2025, school code 063990. It identifies the Diploma Programme and gives the school’s address in Hosh, Tyre.
View the official IB record and explore our academic programmes. For Khalde, ask the school about campus-specific programme availability and authorization.