What led to Tuteria?
Well, first of all, I noticed that a whole lot of people want to learn various things and had no way of connecting with people who could teach them, especially when those same people lived within their communities. Then they were other problems of people teaching and struggling to collect payments, or those who pay for lessons and don’t get quality service etc.
Tuteria was built to provide a reliable way for people to find, evaluate and schedule lessons with their preferred tutors within their communities, as well as help people teach what they love to earn extra income.
What’s the difference between your product and Tutor.ng?
I think it’s pretty obvious. Tutor.ng is online teaching, Tuteria is offline, one-on-one learning.
Are you doing beta testing or have you launched fully?
It’s not a full launch yet, neither is it beta. We are currently assessing and registering tutor applicants from across the country. Once we have a good number, we’ll launch fully.
Who can use it now?
Mainly tutors; people who want to teach various subjects and skills. Right now they can apply, complete ID verification, and create the subjects they want to teach etc. That’s all a user can do on the site right now.
How do you confirm that they actually know what they want to teach others?
First of all, we manually review every tutor applicant, as well as interview them to ensure Tuteria they have the kind of high quality in personality, passion and communication that can succeed on Tuteria.
Then for most subjects like academics, languages, music and instruments, various exams like IELTS, SAT, GRE, TOEFL etc., and even some skills like Public Speaking, Data Analytics, Creative Writing, Swimming, etc., we have created standard competency tests that tutors have to pass before they can teach those subjects. The tests are timed, and can only be attempted once per tutor.
For other subjects that are not testable, like Bead-making, Dance, Photography etc., tutors write about their experience and method of teaching which is reviewed by our quality team, as well as upload samples of their work if applicable. If the review is positive, then they are can teach that subject, otherwise, their application is rejected.
Beyond that, we also verified tutors’ online and offline identities, facilitate background checks and continuously evaluate tutors performance with previous clients, and only tutors who continue to offer great service to clients can continue on Tuteria.
How do you make money?
Okay, we earn a commission on every booking made via the site. When clients book and pay for lessons online, which is saved in our account and only transferred to tutors after the lessons have been fully delivered, so we take a cut and pay the rest to the tutor.
Which specific areas do you see you Tuteria making significant impacts?
Academics, especially for kids and high school students, is definitely a major area of impact, and also because it’s an area most people are passionate about, as well as skill acquisition. However, I believe as we progress we’ll be better able to determine where our greatest impact lies.
What have you put in place to ensure the process of using the service is seamless and stress free?
We’ve made Tuteria very simple to use by almost anyone who can read, and also created a help center to guide users. To get a good idea of what we’ve done, you can take a look at our trust page, www.tuteria.com/trust
It looks very nice. Is there anything else you would love to add?
Oh! Well, anyone who is smart, lives in Nigeria and has a passion to teach should apply to become a tutor on Tuteria while it’s still on for now! We’ve built the most reliable platform to help them teach more people in their communities and earn increasing incomes.
Are you the founder or do you have cofounders?
I have a co-founder, but he wishes to remain anonymous for now
