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What we take from your fee (nothing), how tutors are checked, and what a membership actually buys. If something here is not clear, say so on our support page.

About TutorMint

What it is, who it is for, and what it costs.

What is TutorMint?

TutorMint connects parents with verified home and online tutors across Pakistan, and helps tutors find tuitions. Parents, schools and academies browse tutors or post a tuition; tutors build a profile and apply to tuition and teaching jobs. The two sides talk to each other directly. It is free to join, there is no commission and there is no middleman.

Is TutorMint free for parents?

Yes. Browsing tutors needs no account. Once your mobile number is verified you can post tuitions, message tutors and request demo lessons free. A paid membership is optional and adds extras such as seeing a tutor’s phone and WhatsApp number.

Do tutors pay commission?

No. TutorMint takes no commission on any tuition. The fee a parent agrees with a tutor goes to the tutor, and we never handle it. A tutor pays a one-time Verification Fee to become verified, and can choose an optional membership plan.

How are tutors verified?

A tutor pays the one-time Verification Fee and sends a CNIC, a profile photo and a selfie, which our staff check. A tutor who passes carries the Verified badge. It means the person in the profile is the person in the documents; it does not mean we have watched them teach.

How do parents contact tutors?

Directly. Once your mobile number is verified you can message any tutor in the app or request a demo lesson. There is no agent in between and no commission. A tutor’s phone and WhatsApp number are shown to parents on the Featured membership.

Does TutorMint have both home and online tuition?

Yes. A home tutor comes to your house and is found by city and area. An online tutor teaches over a video call and can be in any city. You can filter tutors by teaching mode, and a tuition is posted as home or online.

Which cities does TutorMint cover?

All of Pakistan. A tutor or a tuition can be listed from any city, and online tuition works anywhere. Most listings today are in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

How do I post a tuition?

Sign up as a parent, verify your mobile number with a one-time code, then choose Post a tuition. Pick the level, the subjects, your city and area, home or online, and a budget. It is free, and tutors who match can apply or message you.

How do I get support?

Message our team on WhatsApp at 0321 5872222, or email support@tutormint.org. The support page has the same details and answers to common problems.

For parents, schools and academies

Finding and hiring a tutor.

What does "free to join, no commission, no middleman" mean?

It means the fee you agree with a tutor is the fee. TutorMint takes nothing from it — not a placement fee, not a percentage of the first month, not a cut of anything afterwards. We never handle the money between you and the tutor, and we do not need to know what you pay. Our only income is a monthly membership, and only from people who choose to buy one.

What do I need before I can post a job?

Only a verified mobile number. Verify it with a one-time code and you can post tuitions, message tutors and request demo lessons straight away. Sending your CNIC and home address is optional: once our team approves both, you get the green Verified badge, which tells a tutor — often a woman travelling alone to a stranger’s house — that the person who posted is a real, identifiable household. Browsing needs nothing at all.

What does the Verified badge on a tutor mean?

It means the tutor paid the one-time Verification Fee and sent a CNIC, a profile photo and a selfie that our team checked. A degree, certificates and an introduction video are optional and not needed for the badge. It does not mean we have watched them teach or that we guarantee results. It means the person in the profile is the person in the documents.

How are degrees and videos actually checked?

Both are optional. A tutor who adds an introduction video uploads it to our own YouTube channel as a private video, and an administrator reviews it before anything is shown to you; a tutor gets three attempts. A tutor who adds degree certificates uploads them as images, and you see watermarked, downscaled previews — never the original file, which stays in private storage. Neither is needed for the Verified badge, which comes from the Verification Fee plus a CNIC, profile photo and selfie.

Why can I message tutors but not hire until I am Featured?

Messaging, browsing, viewing full profiles, requesting a demo and posting up to five jobs a month are all free once your mobile number is verified. Featured adds three things: the tutor’s phone and WhatsApp, marking an applicant as hired, and priority placement for your jobs. Hiring is the paid step because it is the point at which the platform has actually done its job.

Do you give refunds?

No. The Verification Fee and memberships are not refundable, in whole or in part, and that is stated in the Terms before you pay. A membership buys a month of access, and access is delivered the moment it activates. If a payment was taken in error or activated the wrong plan, contact support and we will correct it — that is a mistake, not a refund.

Is my CNIC safe?

Your CNIC image goes into private storage that only you and an administrator reviewing your verification can read; it is never public, never shown to tutors, and never included in a link. The number itself is stored on your profile and is not shown to any other member. It is protected against casual copying, not against a determined attacker — no website can promise that, and we will not.

Can a school or academy use TutorMint?

Yes. Schools and academies register exactly as a parent does and get an ordinary parent account with the same rights, the same plans and the same prices. There is no separate institution tier and nothing is priced differently — you post the tuitions you need filled and hire the same way a family does.

For tutors

Getting seen, and what a membership buys.

What do I get for getting verified?

Getting verified is a one-time step — you pay the Verification Fee once, with no renewal and no monthly charge for it. It makes you a verified tutor with a Verified badge, on the free Basic plan: you can apply to ten tuitions a month, see ten parents’ phone and email, message parents in the app and download your CV. That puts your profile in front of parents who are already searching for your subject in your area — that is what is being sold. It is not a guarantee of work: whether a parent chooses you depends on your profile, your reply and your experience, and no honest platform can promise otherwise. Premium and Featured are optional monthly plans: Premium adds 100 applications and parent contact views a month, one-tap WhatsApp to parents and who viewed your profile; Featured makes those unlimited and puts you at the top of search.

How is this different from running my own Meta ads?

An ad has to find someone who might want a tutor. A parent on TutorMint is already looking for one, has already chosen the subject and the area, and in many cases has already posted the job. You also need no website, no landing page, no ad account and no daily budget — a boosted post in one Pakistani city costs more in a week than getting verified once, and it stops the moment you stop paying. Your profile keeps working once you are verified.

What does an academy charge that you do not?

A home-tuition academy typically keeps half of your first month and often a share of every month after. TutorMint takes no commission on any tuition, ever.

How do I get Verified?

Pay the one-time Verification Fee and send your CNIC, a profile photo and a selfie. That is all the Verified badge needs. A degree, certificates and an introduction video are optional extras that help parents trust you, but none of them is needed for any badge.

Why is my profile not appearing in search?

You show in search once your mobile number is verified and your city, area, subjects and gender are set. Paying the Verification Fee and sending your CNIC, profile photo and selfie earns the Verified badge, which puts you above tutors who are not verified. Your dashboard names anything still missing at the top of the page. A fuller profile ranks higher.

What happens when my plan expires?

Your badge, your search ranking and your application quota stop that day. Nothing is deleted: your profile, your conversations, your applications and your reviews all stay exactly where they are, and renewing brings the badge and the ranking straight back. There is no grace period and no automatic renewal — we do not keep your card and we cannot charge you again without you choosing to.

Can I change my city later?

Yes, from your profile settings, as often as you need. Your city and area decide which searches you appear in, so keep them accurate — a tutor listed in a city they cannot travel to gets messages they have to turn down, which helps nobody.

Choosing a tutor

The questions parents ask before they hire anyone.

How much does a home tutor cost in Lahore?

It depends on the level and the area more than on the city. On TutorMint tutors set their own monthly fee and the filters group them into four bands — under Rs 5,000, Rs 5,000 to 10,000, Rs 10,000 to 20,000, and over Rs 20,000 — so the honest answer is the one in the directory rather than an average we made up. Primary and Middle tuition sits at the lower end; O and A Level, Matric science and test preparation sit higher, and a tutor travelling to DHA or Bahria Town usually asks more than one teaching online. Filter by your subject and area and you are looking at real asking fees, not an estimate. Whatever you agree is what you pay: we take no commission from it.

How much does a home tutor cost in Karachi?

The same four fee bands apply, and the same rule: level and area move the price far more than the city does. A tutor coming to Clifton or Defence generally asks more than one teaching online or in a nearer neighbourhood, and O and A Level science costs more than Primary. Rather than quoting an average that would be out of date by the time you read it, filter the directory by your subject and area and read what tutors are actually asking. Nothing is added to that figure — TutorMint takes no cut of your fee.

How much does a home tutor cost in Islamabad?

Again, the level and the sector matter more than the city. Filter by your subject and area and you will see the real asking fees in the four bands the site uses, from under Rs 5,000 to over Rs 20,000 a month. If you would rather have tutors come to you with their own figure, post the tuition with a budget band and let them apply — that is free once your mobile number is verified.

How do I check a tutor’s degree is genuine?

The Verified badge means the tutor paid the Verification Fee and sent a CNIC, profile photo and selfie that our team checked. A degree is optional: when a tutor adds certificates, you can see watermarked previews on their profile — the originals stay in private storage and are never handed out. We do not contact universities to confirm a degree, and we will not claim otherwise. If something looks wrong, report the profile and a person looks at it.

O Level or Matric — which should I choose for my child?

That is a decision about where your child is heading, not about tutoring, so take it with their school. Broadly: Matric follows a provincial board, is taught in more schools, costs less, and leads naturally into FSc and local university admissions. O Level follows Cambridge, is examined in May and October series, is more expensive, and travels better internationally. Neither is harder in a way tutoring cannot address. What matters for finding help is that they are different syllabuses — so pick the exact level when you search, because an O Level Physics tutor and a Grade 9 Physics tutor are not interchangeable on this site and are not treated as such.

Is online tuition as good as home tuition?

For most older students, yes, and for younger ones it usually is not. A Grade 9 or A Level student who can sit still with a laptop loses very little online and gains a much larger choice of tutors — including specialists who are not in your city at all. A Primary child generally needs somebody in the room. Online also removes travel, which is often what makes a good tutor unaffordable or unavailable in the evening. Every tutor on TutorMint says which they offer, and you can filter for it.

How many hours a week does a Grade 9 student need?

Most families start with two to four hours a week per subject and adjust after the first month, which is the only figure worth trusting because it comes from the child rather than from a table. Two hours suits a student who is keeping up and wants to stay there; four suits one who is behind or preparing for board exams. More than that is usually a sign the problem is not time — it is the subject basics, or the timing of the session. Agree the hours with the tutor after a demo rather than before it, and change them when the result says to.

What should I ask a tutor before hiring?

Five things, and they take one conversation. Which exact syllabus and board have you taught — not "science", but "Grade 9 Punjab Board Physics" or "Cambridge O Level Physics". How many students at this level have you taught, and how did they do. What will the first month look like, week by week. What happens when my child misses a class. And what is your fee, monthly, including everything. Then ask for a demo lesson before you commit to anything: a demo tells you in forty minutes what a profile cannot tell you at all.

Aam sawalat (Roman Urdu)

Wohi jawab, Roman Urdu mein.

Lahore mein home tutor ki fees kitni hai?

Fees sheher se ziyada level aur ilaqay par depend karti hai. TutorMint par tutor apni monthly fee khud rakhte hain, aur filter unhein chaar bands mein dikhata hai: Rs 5,000 se kam, Rs 5,000 se 10,000, Rs 10,000 se 20,000, aur Rs 20,000 se ooper. Primary aur Middle ki tuition kam band mein hoti hai; O Level, A Level, Matric science aur test preparation ooper. Apna subject aur ilaqa filter karein aur asli maangi gayi fees dekhein — hum koi average nahi banate. Jo fee aap tutor se tay karte hain, poori unhi ki hai: hum us mein se kuch nahi lete.

Karachi mein home tutor ki fees kitni hai?

Wohi chaar fee bands, aur wohi usool: level aur ilaqa sheher se ziyada farq daalte hain. Clifton ya Defence aane wala tutor aam taur par online parhane wale se ziyada maangta hai, aur O ya A Level science Primary se mehngi hoti hai. Apna subject aur ilaqa filter karein aur asli fees khud dekh lein. Us fee mein hum kuch add nahi karte — TutorMint commission nahi leta.

TutorMint aap se kya paise leta hai?

Aap ki fee mein se kuch nahi. Na placement fee, na pehle mahine ka hissa, na baad mein koi commission. Paisa hamare beech se guzarta hi nahi, aur humein yeh jaanne ki zaroorat bhi nahi ke aap kitna dete hain. Hamari waahid aamdani mahana membership hai, aur sirf un logon se jo khud lena chahein.

Job post karne se pehle kya chahiye?

Sirf verified mobile number. Ek code se number verify karein aur foran tuitions post karein, tutors ko message karein aur demo maangein. CNIC aur ghar ka address bhejna ikhtiyari hai: dono approve hone par aap ko hara Verified badge milta hai, jo tutor ko batata hai ke post karne wala ek asli, pehchane jaane wala ghar hai. Browse karne ke liye kuch nahi chahiye.

Verified badge ka kya matlab hai?

Iska matlab hai ke tutor ne ek baar ki Verification Fee ada ki aur apna CNIC, profile photo aur selfie bheja, jo hamari team ne check kiya. Degree, certificates aur taaruf wali video ikhtiyari hain aur badge ke liye zaroori nahi. Iska matlab yeh nahi ke humne unhein parhate hue dekha hai ya nateeje ki zamanat dete hain. Matlab sirf itna hai: profile wala shakhs wohi hai jo dastavezaat mein hai.

Message to kar sakta hoon, hire kyun nahi?

Browse karna, poora profile dekhna, message bhejna, demo maangna aur mahine mein paanch tuitions post karna — mobile number verify hone ke baad yeh sab muft hai. Featured teen cheezein deta hai: tutor ka number aur WhatsApp, kisi applicant ko hired mark karna, aur aap ki tuitions ko ooper dikhana. Hire karna paid qadam is liye hai ke wahi wo lamha hai jab platform ne apna kaam kar diya hota hai.

Kya paise wapas milte hain?

Nahi. Verification Fee aur membership ki raqam wapas nahi hoti, na poori na thori, aur yeh baat paise dene se pehle Sharait mein likhi hai. Membership ek mahine ki rasai khareedti hai, aur rasai activate hote hi mil jati hai. Agar ghalti se payment li gayi ya ghalat plan chala, to support se rabta karein — hum theek kar denge. Woh ghalti ki durusti hai, refund nahi.

Verified hone se tutor ko kya milta hai?

Verification ek baar ka kaam hai — aap Verification Fee sirf ek dafa ada karte hain, na koi renewal, na koi mahana charge. Is se aap Verified badge ke sath verified tutor ban jate hain, muft Basic plan par: mahine mein das tuitions par apply, das walidain ka phone aur email dekhna, app mein walidain ko message aur apni CV download. Isse aap ka profile un walidain ke saamne aata hai jo pehle se aap ke subject aur ilaqay mein tutor dhoond rahe hain — yehi cheez bechi ja rahi hai. Yeh kaam milne ki zamanat nahi hai: kaun chuna jayega yeh aap ke profile, aap ke jawab aur tajurbe par hai. Premium aur Featured ikhtiyari mahana plans hain: Premium mahine mein 100 applications aur 100 contact views, ek tap WhatsApp aur profile dekhne walon ke naam deta hai; Featured yeh sab unlimited karta hai aur search mein sab se ooper rakhta hai.

Mera profile search mein kyun nahi aa raha?

Search mein aane ke liye aap ka mobile number verified ho aur shehar, ilaqa, subjects aur gender set hon. Verification Fee ada karna aur CNIC, profile photo aur selfie bhejna Verified badge deta hai, jo aap ko ghair verified tutors se ooper rakhta hai. Jo cheez baqi ho, dashboard sab se ooper bata deta hai. Zyada mukammal profile behtar rank hota hai.

Still stuck?

Support answers on WhatsApp and by email. The Terms and Privacy Policy say the same things in more detail, including the no-refund policy.

WhatsApp 0321 5872222 · support@tutormint.org