Full course catalog inaccessible — adult learner blocked by regional curriculum

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bluefish

23 april 2026 13:22

Hi,

I’m an adult learner using Khan Academy from India, and I’m currently restricted to Maharashtra State Board content (Classes 1–12).

I’m not preparing for any board exams, and I don’t care about state-specific curricula. I’m here to learn independently and explore subjects like higher mathematics, computer science, economics, and other global courses that Khan Academy is known for.

Right now, there is no clear way to:

Access the full global course catalog
Switch out of the Maharashtra-specific curriculum
Browse or enroll in non–board-based courses

This is honestly annoying as hell. It makes the platform feel unnecessarily locked down for people who just want to learn and are not part of any school system.

I’d like clear answers on the following:

Why are adult learners being forced into regional school content?
How can I access the full platform without these restrictions?
If there is no way, why is Khan Academy limiting access like this?

Khan Academy is supposed to be an open learning platform, and this experience goes directly against that.

Please provide a proper solution or workaround.

Thanks.

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G. Tarun

1 mei 2026 05:16
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Hi! Thanks for your post - I hear you, and understand how the regional personalization can be restrictive for independent study (arguably even for those within a school curriculum but wanting to explore beyond)

Khan Academy seems to have built this feature to make it straightforward for classroom users to quickly access relevant curriculum-aligned courses. But surely a global platform would benefit from the option to more directly access other courses - apart from searching, clicking over to Domain pages ("Math" header within a given Maharashtra course for instance), or directly visiting bookmarked URLs.

Now, adding ALL courses onto the menu would perhaps not meet classroom needs, but enabling out-of-region courses for all users in the My Courses and Class courses options would certainly be helpful.

I'd imagine that the regional courses can be listed first, followed by "All Math", "All Science", etc sections that contain AP, Texas, and other such courses.

Surely there are global courses that matter to learners worldwide — Internet Safety, SAT Prep, World History — and significant portions of US Constitution 101 and US Government cover core texts in the history of political thought, from Aristotle through the European Enlightenment and beyond.

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