A dynamic team of students from the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FoICT) at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has developed EduConnect, a pioneering peer-to-peer tutoring prototype designed to make academic support more accessible and affordable for university students across South Africa.
The project, created for the EDHE-ABSA Innovation Challenge 2025, demonstrates the students’ creativity, technical expertise and determination to address one of higher education’s most pressing challenges currently – the high student dropout rate caused by academic struggles and limited access to affordable tutoring.