Making effort visible. Making progress rewarding.
Thuto makes learners’ academic effort, engagement and progress visible — for teachers to support and for parents to reward — leading to improved performance.
Thuto for…
Average-performing learners are disengaging from continuous learning and regular revision — and their marks are paying the price.
The problem
Three gaps sit between a learner’s effort and lasting engagement
Each person in a learner’s life feels a different one. Thuto closes all three — together.
The motivation gap
No real-time levers to reinforce daily study habits — and carrying learner engagement alone, without informed support from parents.
The visibility gap
You can’t support what you can’t see. Termly report cards arrive too late, so parents react to results instead of supporting growth.
The recognition gap
Schools reward top achievement, not incremental effort. Average learners feel their hard work is invisible, and quietly disengage.
How it works
Visibility → Effort → Progress → Reward
One shared support loop between school and home — and it builds sustainable engagement.
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Visibility
Learner and parent see what needs attention.
- 2
Effort
The learner puts in consistent effort.
- 3
Progress
The learner improves over time.
- 4
Reward
The parent recognises effort and aligns incentives to progress.
- 5
Sustainable engagement
The learner builds lasting habits; the parent stays engaged.
Effective parental involvement — because teachers don’t have to motivate learners alone.
Publish work. Recognise effort.
Share the assessment plan and tasks you already have. Thuto does the rest.
See the work. Reward progress.
Know what’s due, help set goals, and link the incentives you already give to effort.
Learn. Earn. Thrive.
Revise on Thutor, stay on track, and earn Thuto Coins — equal to Rands.
The habits behind the marks
Not a markbook. A view of the work that drives marks up.
Thuto tracks revision, consistency and engagement — the same six signals for every learner — so effort can be supported early and recognised often.
Active
At least one revision session this week.
Engagement
Topics revised out of topics assigned.
Effort
Sessions completed out of sessions assigned — steady work, not rushing.
Consistency
A streak of finishing each topic when it’s released.
Progress
Relative improvement over time: 45% → 50% is an 11% gain.
Task completion
To-dos marked complete, on time or late.
Thutor — free for every learner
Revise, practise and review
Revision builds real understanding, one conversation at a time. Exam tests it under pressure. Notes keep it fresh. Thutor coaches — it never hands over the answer.
Revision
Talk a topic through with Thutor, from the basics to explaining it in your own words.
Exam
Practice papers weighted to your weakest topics, under exam conditions.
Notes
Personalised notes built around your own mistakes.
Real value, not points
School effort, paid out in something a learner can use
Thuto Coins are equal to Rands: 1 TC = R1. Not XP, not points — and always within the controls a parent sets.
For effort: revision on Thutor, tasks completed, progress made — plus parent top-ups.
Towards goals a parent approves, with optional auto-save of 10, 25 or 50%.
On airtime, data and vouchers in the Thuto store.
To a bank in about 10 seconds with PayShap, within parent controls.
How a learner earns, saves and spends builds their FQ Score — money habits learned through their own behaviour.
Privacy
Visible to the right people. Private from everyone else.
Built in line with POPIA, South Africa’s data-protection law.
Only what’s needed
Teachers see their own school and learners only. No benchmarks or school results are stored.
Parents decide
A parent’s activity is shared with teachers only with their consent.
No money talk in class
Teachers never see who pays; rewards appear only as totals and counts.
Cards stay with Paystack
Thuto never sees or stores card details. KYC details are encrypted.
Plans
Start free. Upgrade when the coins start counting.
Free
Start learning today. No subscription.
R0
- Thutor is free: revision, practice papers and notes
- Earn TC 40 as you finish sign-up (8 steps × TC 5)
- TC 5 of it can be spent, on airtime
- Ask Thutor: 5 new chats every 7 days
Thuto Core
Everything in Free — and the coins your child earns become real value they can use.
R100/month per child
- TC 50 (R50) added every month
- Coins already earned unlock to withdraw, save or spend
- Unlimited Ask Thutor and personalised notes
- Full parent controls: top-up, coin controls, goals
- Statements and report downloads
- FQ Score discounts and rewards
Thuto for Teachers is free for teachers and schools.
Bring Thuto to your school.
Build a stronger school-home partnership — and recognise the effort that drives progress.