These terms apply to any school, college, learning centre, or education provider that registers a TeachConnect account, posts staffing needs, reviews teacher profiles, or funds and manages teaching work through the platform.

By registering, the person creating the account confirms they are authorised to act for the school and to enter agreements on its behalf.

TeachConnect is a connection and payment-coordination platform. We help schools, parents, teachers, and tutors find each other and arrange funded work, but we do not employ teachers or tutors and we are not a party to the working relationship between them.

TeachConnect does not guarantee that any teacher or tutor will be hired, selected, or kept, and does not guarantee any specific amount of work, placements, or income. Matching is always subject to approval by the school or parent.

We provide verified profiles, timetable and staffing tools, funded contracts, approval workflows, and payment coordination. The decision to interview, select, approve, retain, or release any teacher always rests with the school.

The school remains responsible for the final classroom decision. This includes confirming that a teacher or student teacher is suitable for the role, supervising them in line with the school’s own safeguarding rules, and approving their work.

TeachConnect surfaces verification signals (such as identity and credential checks where available), but these support your decision. They do not replace the school’s own due diligence and approval.

Schools fund teaching work in advance through the platform so that payouts can be released when work is approved. We refer to this as contract-funded payouts with escrow-style payment protection. TeachConnect is not a bank and does not hold itself out as a licensed escrow or deposit-taking institution.

Payment is based on approved work — approved periods, approved lessons, or approved milestones, depending on the contract. The school approves work before the matching payout is released.

TeachConnect service fees are paid by the school or parent on top of the agreed teacher or tutor payout. Service fees are never deducted from a teacher’s or tutor’s earnings.

When work is approved, the teacher or tutor receives the full agreed payout. The platform fee is a separate amount added to what the school or parent funds.

Where a school engages a teacher on its own payroll, responsibility for any statutory deductions such as PAYE tax, pension, or NHF rests with the school and the teacher under the applicable law. TeachConnect does not promise or guarantee that any statutory deduction or contribution will be calculated, withheld, or remitted on the school’s behalf.

Any payroll or deduction tools TeachConnect provides are aids for the school’s own administration and do not transfer the school’s legal obligations to TeachConnect.

Schools must keep their information accurate, treat teachers and tutors fairly and lawfully, and not use the platform to circumvent agreed contracts or fees. Attempting to take a funded relationship off-platform to avoid fees may lead to suspension.

TeachConnect may suspend or close a school account for breach of these terms, non-payment, or conduct that puts teachers, tutors, or other users at risk. Funds already owed for approved work remain payable.

These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They work alongside the Payment Protection Terms, the Dispute and Approval Policy, and the Privacy Policy, which form part of your agreement with TeachConnect.