One-to-One PTE Coaching — Built Around Your Mock-Test Results
Understand your mistakes and what to practise next. Private online sessions in a plan designed and supervised by the team of Smriti Simkhada, with personal mock-test feedback and a study plan built around your target, current skills, and next PTE attempt.
Living in Australia and fitting PTE preparation around work or study? Learn in English with a coach based in Nepal, with sessions arranged around your time zone. Students of every nationality are welcome; Nepali-language support is also available.
Private 1-on-1 coaching, from US$99: pick 7 days, 17 days or 1 month, one live session a day on your time zone (Sydney · Melbourne · Toronto · London · Doha), a demo session included, and Coach-Until-Target on the longer plans. Plans are designed and supervised by the team of Smriti Simkhada, led by PTE Academic 90/90 scorer Smriti Simkhada (perfect score, score report on request). Trusted by 1,000+ Nepali students worldwide.
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What does your private PTE coaching include?
Live 1-on-1 Zoom sessions, one a day for 7, 17 or 30 days, with a demo session included, a review of your score report or mock-test results, and a study plan built around your target. Bring the questions and mistakes you want to work through, and arrange session times around your work or study schedule.
- Live 1-on-1, one session a day
- Demo session included
- 7-day, 17-day or 1-month plans
- Coach-Until-Target on 17-day and 1-month plans
Three ways to work 1-on-1
Diagnose, teach, practise, correct. The plans differ in length, not in quality: every one is live, private and starts with a demo session.
Live 1-on-1 with your own coach, one session a day. A demo session is included in every plan, and your first call is with Smriti Simkhada.
7 days
One week, one focus
- 7 days of live 1-on-1, one session a day
- Demo session included
- One coach, one student
- No Coach-Until-Target on this plan
Best for: A tight deadline, or one skill to fix before a retake.
Choose 7 days17 days
Save 17%Time to learn it and check it
- 17 days of live 1-on-1, one session a day
- Demo session included
- One coach, one student
- Coach-Until-Target included
Best for: Your first PTE attempt, or a score that has stopped moving.
Choose 17 days1 month
Save 29%A full month, start to finish
- 30 days of live 1-on-1, one session a day
- Demo session included
- One coach, one student
- Coach-Until-Target included
- Only 10 places a month
Best for: Building up from a lower starting score, at an easier daily pace.
Choose 1 monthSavings compared with the 7-day plan's daily rate.
Taking PTE for the first time, or not sure where you stand? Choose 17 days or 1 month. Two weeks or more gives us time to find what is holding your score back and to fix it, not just point at it.
Not sure which plan? Ask for a free 10-minute chatCompare the plans
| 7 days | 17 days | 1 month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | US$99 | US$199 | US$299 |
| Per day | US$14.15 | US$11.71 | US$9.97 |
| Live sessions | One a day | One a day | One a day |
| Demo session | Included | Included | Included |
| Coach-Until-Target | No | Yes | Yes |
A 1-on-1 plan costs less than sitting the PTE twice: the exam fee is USD 220 each time (roughly NPR 32,000–33,000) and always goes to Pearson, not to us.
Free PTE Assessment Call
Book a free 10-minute call with the team of Smriti Simkhada to discuss your PTE preparation, understand your current level, and get actionable tips to improve your score.
- Identify your weak areas
- Get a personalized study plan
- Learn the right approach
- No obligation to enroll
Smriti Simkhada
PTE Expert & 90/90 Perfect Scorer
The Coach-Until-Target Guarantee
A process promise — not a score promise.
No honest coach can guarantee a PTE score — the exam is scored by Pearson's AI on test day, and nerves, microphone variance and room noise are outside anyone's control. So we don't promise a number. On the 17-day and 1-month plans, we promise what we can control: we keep coaching you, free, for one more attempt cycle — as long as you held up your side of the plan. You only ever pay Pearson's own exam fee.
- Attended every session in your plan.
- Submitted every assigned mock and recording on the agreed schedule.
- Hit your agreed target on official Pearson mocks before booking the real exam.
- Sat the exam within 15 days of your last session.
- Free continued coaching for your next attempt: a fresh score-report debrief plus targeted re-drilling, no extra tuition.
- –Not a refund — we add coaching, we don’t return tuition.
- –Not a score guarantee, and never the Pearson exam fee (that is always yours).
- –One cycle per enrollment, claimed within 15 days of your result, non-transferable. Skipped sessions, unsubmitted mocks, booking before target, or testing 15+ days late → the standard discounted-retake support applies instead.
Here is the exact sequence if your official result comes back short of the target we agreed together:
- 1Session 1: We write down your target band and your "ready" benchmark together, over WhatsApp — so eligibility is never ambiguous later.
- 2Through the course: You attend every session and submit every assigned mock and recording on the agreed schedule.
- 3Before you book the exam: You hit your agreed target on official Pearson mocks first — then book the real exam, within 15 days of your last session.
- 4If you miss on test day: Within 48 hours we run a fresh score-report debrief and pinpoint exactly what moved and why.
- 5What happens next: We keep coaching you, tuition-free, for one more attempt cycle — targeted re-drilling on the blocking skill. You only ever pay Pearson’s own exam fee.
Coach-Until-Target comes with the 17-day and 1-month plans. Because it adds coaching rather than returning tuition, the plan price stays the same even if you need a second cycle. The only extra you ever pay is Pearson's own exam fee.
We agree your target and "ready" benchmark together in Session 1, in writing over WhatsApp, and eligibility is confirmed against your attendance and mock-submission records. Full terms on our coaching policy.
Who the 1-on-1 route is for
The plan, templates, and target scores change for each pathway. Pick the one closest to your goal — coaching is tailored to it.
Australia PR — Superior English (post-Aug-2025 bands)
For subclass 189, 190, and 491 applicants needing the component-specific Superior bands (Listening 69, Reading 70, Writing 85, Speaking 88) for the +20 PR points under the post-7-August-2025 DHA framework. Plan focuses on the blocking band (often Writing 85 or Speaking 88 for Nepali students) until you cross the threshold reliably on Pearson official mocks.
AHPRA Nursing Registration
For Nepali nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals needing the AHPRA April-2026 minimums (Overall 63, Listening 58, Reading 59, Writing 60, Speaking 76) for general registration. Speaking 76 is now the dominant blocker; the plan front-loads pronunciation drills, Repeat Sentence cadence, and Read Aloud intonation alongside Writing Grammar work.
ACS / IT Professionals
For software engineers and IT professionals lodging ACS skills assessment for Australia. ACS does not test English at the assessment stage — the PTE bar is set at the DHA visa stage (post-Aug-2025 component bands: Competent L47/R48/W51/S54 minimum, Proficient L58/R59/W69/S76 for +10 pts, Superior L69/R70/W85/S88 for +20 pts). Plan covers PTE Academic with technical-vocabulary fluency drills aligned to the visa target.
Canada PR — PTE Core (CLB 9+)
For Express Entry, applicable PNP streams, and citizenship language proof (citizenship needs only CLB 4 speaking and listening — a much lower bar than the CLB 9 below). PTE Core is scored 10-90 and mapped to CLB — CLB 9 is competitive for Express Entry. Plan covers PTE Core specifically (Write Email, Summarize Spoken Text, Respond to a Situation).
Retakers stuck at 65–78
For students who have failed PTE 2+ times. The first session is a score-report diagnosis identifying the exact mistake patterns suppressing your score — most retake plateaus are mistake-pattern problems, not skill problems.
Nepali students abroad
For Nepali students already in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Dubai, or Doha. Sessions scheduled around your local time zone, work shifts, and uni schedule. Same coaching from the team of Smriti Simkhada, just remote.
Dig deeper into your pathway: PTE for Australia hub, subclass 189 PR scores, PTE for nurses (AHPRA), or compare options in our honest guide to the best PTE coach for Australia PR.
Good fit vs not the right choice
✓ Good fit for private mentorship
- You've failed PTE multiple times and need targeted correction, not another generic course.
- You live in Australia, Canada, the UK, or the Gulf and need sessions around your time zone.
- You work full-time and can't reliably attend fixed class times.
- You need a high-stakes score for Australia PR Superior English (post-Aug-2025 component bands L69/R70/W85/S88), AHPRA Apr-2026 (S76), the DHA visa stage after an ACS assessment, or another deadline-sensitive pathway.
✕ Not the right first choice if…
- –First-time takers who mainly need the full structured preparation system at the lowest cost.
- –Anyone choosing 1-on-1 only because it sounds premium, without an actual need.
How the Private Route Works
Score Diagnosis
Share your score report. Your coach reviews it to help identify areas for focused improvement.
Custom Plan
A targeted study plan built around your weak tasks, score target, and timeline.
Live Sessions
Live Zoom sessions, one a day for the length of your plan (not pre-recorded), scheduled around your time zone. One coach, one student.
WhatsApp Support
Quick corrections, template reviews, and answers between sessions via WhatsApp.
Sessions on your local clock
Concrete example slots the team of Smriti Simkhada regularly runs for diaspora students. Anything else workable around your shift, uni, or family schedule.
Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Vancouver, Calgary, Manchester, Dubai, Doha, Kuala Lumpur — all coachable. Send your weekly availability and we lock a recurring window.
For Nepali Nurses Pursuing AHPRA Registration
From 23 April 2026, AHPRA updated the PTE Academic English standard for nursing and midwifery registration. The Speaking minimum moved from 66 to 76, and Writing moved from 56 to 60 — concordance research updated how raw scores map to required proficiency. The current AHPRA PTE Academic minimums are Overall 63 — Listening 58, Reading 59, Writing 60, Speaking 76, all in a single sitting (limited two-sitting combination allowed under floor-score rules within 12 months).
Speaking and Writing are exactly where Nepali nursing candidates plateau. Speaking 76 demands clean pronunciation and steady fluency under time pressure — templates only go so far; 1-on-1 catches the specific filler-word, intonation, and pause patterns suppressing your score. Writing 60 needs grammar and written discourse hit cleanly across Summarize Written Text and Essay. The 1-on-1 plan diagnoses your score report on session one, then drills the exact blocking skill until the threshold is reliable on Pearson official mocks.
Message the team of Smriti Simkhada — "I'm preparing for AHPRA"For Nepali IT Professionals — ACS Skills Assessment
The ACS skills assessment itself does not test English — your assessment is based on ICT qualifications and work experience matched to the nominated ANZSCO occupation. The PTE Academic score is required for the DHA visa stage, not ACS. Many Nepali software engineers, analysts, and IT professionals delay their ACS assessment chasing PTE scores ACS never asks for.
For the visa stage, the post-7-August-2025 component-specific DHA thresholds replaced the old uniform 79. The new bands per skill are: Competent (L47 / R48 / W51 / S54 — 0 PR points), Proficient (L58 / R59 / W69 / S76 — 10 PR points), Superior (L69 / R70 / W85 / S88 — 20 PR points). Superior English remains the +20-point lever on subclass 189 / 190 / 491, but the per-skill targets are no longer a flat 79. The 1-on-1 plan diagnoses which exact bands you're missing and drills the specific underlying skill blocking each one.
Message the team of Smriti Simkhada — "I'm preparing for ACS skills assessment"For Nepali Accountants in Sydney/Melbourne — CPA Australia Skills Assessment
Most Nepali accountants applying through CPA Australia for ANZSCO 221111 / 221112 / 221113 (Accountant General, Management, Taxation) come from a BBS, BBA, ACCA, or CA background. CPA Australia accepts PTE Academic at the Proficient band — L58 / R59 / W69 / S76 — for the skills assessment, but Australia PR points reward Superior (L69 / R70 / W85 / S88) with the +20-point bonus that often unlocks an invite under subclass 189 / 190.
Sessions run on Sydney AEDT or Melbourne AEDT evening slots so you don't lose a billable day. The 1-on-1 plan starts with a score-report diagnosis on session one, drills the exact band you're missing (Writing 85 is the most common plateau for accountants who write technical English at work but lose marks on Summarize Written Text and Essay structure), and locks in a 6-8 week timeline before your CPA migration intake. See the full pathway at the Australia hub or read the CPA Australia PTE guide.
Message the team of Smriti Simkhada — "I'm preparing for CPA Australia"For Nepali Teachers — PTE for Your Australia Visa, Not AITSL
For AITSL's migration skills assessment, AITSL does not accept PTE — it only accepts an Academic IELTS Test Report Form (R 7.0 / W 7.0 / S 8.0 / L 8.0, single TRF), so PTE coaching does not help you meet that specific requirement. State teacher boards (NESA in NSW, VIT in Victoria, QCT in Queensland, TRBWA in WA) set their own English rules on top of that — verify with your specific board.
Where PTE Academic still matters for teachers is the separate Australian skilled-visa stage (subclass 189/190/491), which accepts PTE Academic for its own English points test — Superior English (L69/R70/W85/S88) unlocks the same +20-point bonus described above, regardless of what AITSL's migration skills assessment requires. If that visa-points target is what you need, the 1-on-1 plan applies the same Superior-English coaching used across this page. For AITSL's own migration skills assessment, book IELTS preparation instead — not PTE.
Message the team of Smriti Simkhada — "I'm a teacher preparing PTE for my Australia visa"For Nepali Engineers — Engineers Australia (EA) Assessment
Engineers Australia assesses Nepali engineers (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Chemical — ANZSCO 233xxx range) under the Migration Skills Assessment. For tests taken on or after 7 August 2025, EA accepts PTE Academic at the same DHA Competent floor as the visa stage — L47 / R48 / W51 / S54 — for the skills assessment itself. The real fight is still the visa stage, where the same component-specific DHA bands apply: Proficient (L58 / R59 / W69 / S76) for +10 PR points, Superior (L69 / R70 / W85 / S88) for the +20-point bonus that decides whether your subclass 189 / 190 application gets invited.
Most engineers stall in Writing and Speaking short of the W85 / S88 Superior bands because their day-to-day technical English doesn't exercise the specific AI-scored speaking and writing traits — fluency, pronunciation, written discourse — the way exam tasks do. 1-on-1 sessions diagnose your score report, drill the exact bottleneck, and run task-by-task practice on Pearson official mocks. See the full pathway at the Australia engineers hub or read the EA skilled migration PTE guide.
Message the team of Smriti Simkhada — "I'm preparing for Engineers Australia"For Subclass 190 (State Sponsored) & 491 (Regional) Applicants
Subclass 190 is state-nominated and adds +5 PR points; subclass 491 is regional and adds +15 PR points — one of the largest single points levers alongside Superior English. Most Nepali applicants pursuing 190 or 491 already have a subclass 189 EOI and are using state nomination or regional sponsorship to break a points-test ceiling. The same component-specific DHA thresholds apply: Proficient (L58 / R59 / W69 / S76) for +10 points, Superior (L69 / R70 / W85 / S88) for +20.
The 491 regional pathway is also the bridge to subclass 191 permanent residency after holding the 491 for 3+ years and providing ATO notices of assessment for 3 of those 5 years — there is no minimum income amount — the maths often makes 491 the smartest route for Nepali applicants without 80+ EOI scores. The 1-on-1 plan locks the Superior band for the +20-point bonus on top of state / regional nomination, prioritising whichever skill is dragging your score report. Compare the pathways at subclass 190 and subclass 491, or read the 491 PTE score guide.
Message the team of Smriti Simkhada — "I'm preparing for 190 / 491"Private Mentorship — Frequently Asked
Can I take 1-on-1 PTE sessions from Australia, Canada, the UK, or the Gulf?
Who is private 1-on-1 mentorship for?
How long is each plan and how many sessions do I get?
Is 1-on-1 mentorship for PTE Academic, PTE Core, or both?
What does the score-report diagnosis identify?
I am targeting Australia PR Superior English. How does this differ from a regular plan?
I am applying for AHPRA registration as a nurse from Nepal. Can you help?
How does 1-on-1 help with Australia PR?
Can I take 1-on-1 sessions if I am already in Australia?
What is your refund policy if I do not reach my target score?
Do you guarantee I will get my target score?
What exactly happens, step by step, if I miss my target score?
How much does 1-on-1 PTE coaching cost at PTE Nepal?
How are 1-on-1 sessions scheduled across timezones like Sydney, Toronto, Doha, and London?
What is the typical score improvement in the 1-on-1 program?
Are 1-on-1 PTE sessions live or pre-recorded?
Can I book a free demo session before enrolling in 1-on-1 coaching?
Do I get practice software or mock exam access as part of the 79+ Sprint?
What students say
Verified reviews from Nepali students coached by Smriti Simkhada (PTE Academic 90/90). Read more on Google →
I hit my 79+ PTE score after Smriti Simkhada’s tutoring sessions — exactly what I needed for my pathway.
One of the best tutors in Nepal. She’s the reason I scored as high as I did.
My speaking fluency improved significantly with her private tutoring — that was always my weakest module.
The one-on-one classes made all the difference — dedicated guidance, clear explanations and personalized feedback that gave me real confidence.
The personalized sessions targeted exactly my weak areas, and the feedback improved them fast.
Her teaching was clear and her strategies actually worked — the supportive way she explained everything built my confidence and lifted my score.
Clear explanations, effective strategies and honest feedback — the sessions were easy to follow and my confidence grew every week.
Supportive and patient, with practical tips that made a noticeable difference in a short time.
Professional and genuinely friendly throughout. I’d recommend her for both PTE preparation and career advice.
The lecture sessions were great and the exam tips were genuinely helpful on test day.
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