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TutCo Tuition
TutCo Tuition (Pty) Ltd
Year founded and commenced operations: 2017
Email: info@thetutorcompany.co.za
Website: thetutorcompany.co.za
Description
TutCo Tuition is an online tutoring and educational company that was founded by Ian Strydom in 2017. During the #FeesMustFall movement in late 2016, interest amongst undergraduate students for alternative learning methods and opportunities spiked.
The disruptions were felt not only by undergraduates but amongst tutors and post-graduate students (who feared a reduction in postgraduate funding) – with both left looking for a source of income.
This is when Ian started tutoring others, making an effort to link undergraduate students with his fellow colleagues for tutoring services.
Ian, who is now completing his PhD in Chemistry at UP and Imperial College in London, started a tutoring company that very quickly turned over R 1 million in revenue.
He has since partnered with Dr. Belinda van der Westhuizen, a chemistry and pedagogy specialist as well as lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, to help from an educational perspective as well as with operations.
TutCo Tuition is now a cloud-based platform that links tutors to clients (students/parents) to transfer knowledge – either in person or online – for practically any subject or skill, at any level.