Online tutoring
Online maths tutoring, taught live, in five countries
Not a recorded course and not a homework helpline. A scheduled lesson with a tutor who knows your learner's name, their weak topics and what they got wrong last week, wherever in the world they are sitting.
If any of this sounds familiar, this is the page for you
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Your child says they understand in class and then cannot start the homework on their own.
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WAEC or JAMB is close and maths is the subject standing between them and the course they want.
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There is no good tutor nearby, or the traffic makes an after school class impossible.
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You are raising your children abroad and want a tutor who teaches the curriculum they are actually sitting, not a generic one.
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You are an adult facing an aptitude test, a professional exam or a return to study, and the maths went cold years ago.
Every learner gets all of this
Classes run on Zoom and Google Classroom, so nothing unusual has to be installed.
Live online classes
Scheduled lessons with a teacher, not recordings to work through alone.
Replay access
Every class is recorded, so a lesson can be watched again before homework.
Weekly homework
Set, marked and returned with guidance on what went wrong and why.
Progress tracking
Assessment at the start, then a check at the end of each topic.
Parent feedback
Regular updates, so you know how it is going without having to ask.
Certificate
Awarded on completion, because finishing something deserves marking.
Inside a session
What the hour actually looks like
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Warm up
Five minutes on last week's topic, to check it stayed.
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Teach
The new idea, worked on screen, slowly, with the learner talking through each step.
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Try together
They lead, the tutor watches. Mistakes here are the point of the lesson.
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Try alone
Questions from the worksheet, in their exercise book, camera on the page.
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Set and send
Homework set, and a short note to the parent on how it went.
Less than you think
- A phone, tablet or laptop. A phone is genuinely fine.
- A data connection that holds a video call. We keep video light when the network is poor.
- An A4 exercise book, a pen, a pencil and a ruler. Maths is still done by hand.
- A quiet corner for the hour, with the television off.
We send the worksheet before the lesson so nothing has to be downloaded while the clock is running. If the connection drops, the tutor waits, and time lost to a network problem is made up.
Who teaches
Princess Bassey Akpan
Founder and Lead Maths Tutor
Princess holds a BSc in Statistics from the University of Uyo and is completing an MSc there, researching time series. She has taught mathematics and statistics since 2012, as a Senior Statistics Lecturer at tertiary level, as a mathematics teacher preparing candidates for WAEC, and as a head teacher. She founded PADESS to teach maths the way a statistician approaches it: find where the reasoning breaks down, and rebuild from there.
- BSc Statistics, University of Uyo, Second Class Upper
- MSc Statistics, University of Uyo, at thesis stage, researching time series
- Former Senior Statistics Lecturer, Dorben Polytechnic, Abuja
- Former Head Teacher, OmegaLand International School, Akwa Ibom
- Teaching mathematics and statistics since 2012, from secondary school to tertiary level
- Prepares WAEC and JAMB candidates, including ongoing volunteer tutorials at Government Secondary School, Etoi
Three teachers cover the centre and the online timetable between them, which is what keeps group sizes capped and one to one slots available.
More about the academyStart with a free assessment class
One lesson, no charge. We find out exactly where the gaps are, tell you honestly what we think, and you decide from there.