A Personal Tutor for Every Student
Students can ask questions at any time and receive explanations designed for their level and curriculum.
It knows where the student actually is
When a student asks a question, the tutor already knows their country, school, class, curriculum, subject, current term, and which topics they have recently found difficult. It retrieves the approved curriculum material for that topic before it answers.
A student in Primary 5 asks:
“Explain fractions to me.”
- Country
- Nigeria
- Curriculum
- National curriculum
- Level
- Primary 5
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Term
- First Term
- Topic
- Fractions
The same question from a JSS 2 student gets a different answer, because the curriculum for JSS 2 covers fractions differently.
It teaches rather than answers
A tutor that completes a child’s homework costs the child the learning and the teacher the signal that they were struggling. So in homework mode the tutor works the method on a different example and hands the question back.
- 1Understand what the student is really asking.
- 2Work out the subject and topic.
- 3Retrieve the approved curriculum material.
- 4Explain in language for that class.
- 5Give a worked example.
- 6Ask a short question to check understanding.
- 7Offer hints, one at a time, when the student is stuck.
- 8Explain what went wrong in a mistake, starting with what was right.
- 9Increase the difficulty gradually.
- 10Summarise what was learned.
Five ways to use it
Learn
Explain a topic from the beginning, then check I followed.
Practice
"Give me 10 Primary 6 maths questions."
Quiz me
One question at a time, marked as you go.
Homework help
Shows the method on another example. Never the answer.
Exam preparation
What examiners look for, and what a full-mark answer contains.
Designed with child safety in mind
What the tutor will and will not do
- Replies are age-appropriate for the class the student is in.
- It never asks for personal information, and never gives out contact details.
- It never suggests moving the conversation to WhatsApp or social media.
- It cannot see or discuss another student’s records.
- If a student seems distressed or discloses harm, it warmly directs them to a teacher or trusted adult and alerts the school’s designated staff. It does not counsel or diagnose — that is a person’s job.
- Teachers see which topics a class finds hard. They do not read students’ messages.
- Schools control whether the tutor is on, and during which hours.
What it is not
We would rather be plain about the limits. The tutor is not a replacement for a teacher, it does not mark official examinations, and where it has no approved curriculum material for a question it says so instead of inventing an answer. Teachers review any material it drafts before students see it.
Questions about how Darasio handles children’s data? Read our child safety commitments.