These Terms form part of the agreement between MediaAcademy International (“MAI”) and every tutor admitted to TutorNetwork (“Tutor”). By applying, accepting an assignment or using the Tutor Workspace, the Tutor agrees to these Terms and any written assignment or payout terms issued by MAI.
1. Independent professional relationship
TutorNetwork is a managed professional network. Unless MAI expressly agrees otherwise in writing, a Tutor acts as an independent contractor and not as an employee, partner, agent or representative of MAI. A Tutor has no authority to bind MAI, collect money in MAI's name, promise admission or certification, or make commitments on MAI's behalf. No minimum number of students, assignments, hours or earnings is guaranteed.
2. Eligibility and professional standards
Tutors must provide accurate identity, qualification, competence and experience information; permit reasonable verification; teach only within approved competence areas; maintain professional conduct; comply with lawful MAI academic, attendance, assessment, safety and quality procedures; and promptly disclose any circumstance that materially affects fitness to teach. Fraud, impersonation, harassment, discrimination, falsification of attendance or assessment, academic misconduct, unsafe conduct or material misrepresentation may result in immediate suspension.
3. Assignments, delivery and payment
Assignments are made by MAI by course, learner, centre and/or delivery mode. The applicable fee, percentage or fixed payout is the amount recorded or confirmed by MAI for that assignment. A Tutor must not privately alter MAI fees or divert an assigned learner outside MAI. Payout becomes due only for verified work that satisfies the applicable assignment and payment conditions. MAI may reasonably withhold or adjust a disputed, duplicate, erroneous or unverified claim while it is investigated. Tutors are responsible for their own taxes and statutory obligations arising from independent earnings.
4. Students, safeguarding and boundaries
The Tutor must protect learner welfare, dignity and safety, with heightened care for children and vulnerable learners. Tutors must use appropriate communication channels, avoid sexual, exploitative, abusive or coercive conduct, avoid undisclosed conflicts of interest, and report material safeguarding concerns to MAI promptly. Tutors may not sell unrelated services to assigned learners, solicit them away from MAI, or use student contact details for unrelated commercial purposes.
5. Intellectual property, MAI brand and confidentiality
Each party retains intellectual property owned before the engagement. MAI owns its name, marks, systems, templates, curriculum materials and content supplied as MAI material. Tutor-created pre-existing materials remain the Tutor's; however, where a Tutor submits material specifically for an MAI assignment, the Tutor grants MAI a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce and adapt it for that assignment and related educational administration unless a separate written agreement states otherwise. Confidential information, student records, credentials, commercial terms and system access must not be disclosed or misused. MAI branding may be used only as authorised and must cease when authorisation ends.
6. Data protection and records
Tutors must process personal data accessed through MAI only for authorised teaching and administration, keep it secure, restrict access, report suspected loss or breach promptly, and return or securely delete it when no longer required, subject to lawful retention. MAI processes Tutor and learner data under its Privacy Policy and applicable Nigerian data-protection law.
7. Suspension, termination and continuing duties
Either party may end the relationship by reasonable written notice, subject to orderly completion or reassignment of active learners. MAI may suspend access or assignments immediately where reasonably necessary for safeguarding, fraud, security, serious misconduct, material breach or regulatory risk. Accrued verified payment obligations survive termination. Confidentiality, data protection, intellectual-property rights, dispute resolution and liabilities intended by their nature to continue will survive.
8. Responsibility and liability
Each party is responsible for loss directly caused by its fraud, wilful misconduct, negligence or breach of these Terms. To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither party is liable to the other for indirect or consequential loss that was not reasonably foreseeable. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that Nigerian law does not permit to be excluded, or limits a learner's statutory rights. The Tutor must maintain equipment, connectivity, licences and professional resources reasonably required for the accepted delivery mode unless MAI agrees otherwise in writing.
9. Dispute resolution, arbitration and governing law
The parties should first give written notice describing any dispute and attempt good-faith resolution. If unresolved within 14 days, the dispute shall, as the first formal dispute-resolution process, be referred to arbitration under the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023. The tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator agreed by the parties, or appointed in accordance with the Act if they cannot agree. The seat and legal place of arbitration shall be Nigeria, proceedings shall be in English, and the award shall be final and binding subject to rights available under applicable law. A party may seek urgent interim or preservatory relief from a court of competent jurisdiction without waiving arbitration. These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Nigerian courts have supervisory and enforcement jurisdiction in relation to the arbitration and matters not lawfully capable of arbitration.
10. General
If a provision is invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. A failure to enforce a right is not a waiver. Written assignment terms prevail over these general Terms only to the extent they expressly address the same subject. MAI may update these Terms prospectively for operational or legal reasons and will publish material changes before they apply to new assignments.