Thuto.io: The Platform That Revolutionises Education In South Africa And Beyond

This is the world that Thuto.io envisions and creates.

Thuto.io is a digital academic recognition and rewards platform that revolutionizes how students engage with their education. It is the brainchild of Nkosinathi Temba, the co-founder, and CEO of Thuto, who experienced firsthand the lack of innovation and inclusion in South Africa’s education system.

His vision to transform education was supported by his co-founder and COO, Nicholas Wentworth, and his friend, Lebogang Moswaane, who has helped accelerate the development and execution of the platform as Head of Education.

In this article, we will explore how Thuto.io addresses the various factors that hinder students’ performance and progress, and how it empowers both schools and students to achieve better results.

Thuto.io is more than just a platform. It is a movement that aims to transform education in South Africa and beyond. By empowering students to take charge of their own learning journey, Thuto.io hopes to inspire them to become lifelong learners who can achieve their full potential.

Like its official mascot, the octopus, Thuto.io stretches itself far and wide addressing various factors that hinder students’ performance and progress. Below are the eight things that Thuto solves:

• It provides personalized recognition and rewards for students based on their individual progress and achievements, not just their grades or rankings.
• It motivates students to improve their performance and behavior through gamification features such as points, badges, and leaderboards.
• It teaches students financial literacy by allowing them to use their points to purchase educational items, digital products, and investment products.
• It involves parents in their child’s education by enabling them to select and fund programs and monitor their progress through the platform.
• It helps schools create and manage custom programs that align with their curriculum and goals, and track the impact of their interventions on student outcomes.
• It leverages data analytics and artificial intelligence to provide insights and recommendations for students, parents, and schools on how to optimize their learning experience.
• It addresses the psychosocial issues that affect students’ well-being and performance, such as stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem, by providing access to counseling and support services through its emoji-based mood tracker.
• It creates a community of learners who can connect, collaborate, and compete with each other through the platform’s social features.

Thuto.io’s vision is not only aligned with its founders’ personal experiences but also with the national and global trends and goals of education. The platform aims to prepare students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the National Development Plan (NDP) Vision 2030, emphasizing innovation, creativity, critical thinking, and digital skills.

The platform will begin its pilot testing on the 19th of July 2023 with a township school in Zone 2, Ga-Rankuwa. Thuto.io plans to expand its reach and impact by partnering with more schools, organizations, and stakeholders who share its vision of creating a more inclusive, innovative, and rewarding education system.

Thuto.io is not only solving a problem that is close to its founders’ hearts. It is also solving a problem that affects millions of students across the country and the world. By doing so, it is contributing to the social and economic development of South Africa and beyond.

Website: https://thuto.io

Social Media: https://linktr.ee/thuto_io