Co-Founder, Head of Client Engagement
Rehan Gamage
MBBS, Medicine - University of Cambridge
About Educatia
Built around the person doing the learning
Founded by three Cambridge graduates, Educatia offers tutoring, admissions guidance and mentorship shaped around the student rather than the subject alone.
- Free consultation
- No commitment
- Reply within 1 working day
Why matching comes first
Subject knowledge is necessary. Fit determines how it is shared
Everyone learns differently. Educatia treats matching as a judgement process because a useful tutor relationship depends on how a student asks questions, responds to difficulty and stays engaged with the work.
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What does the student need to understand or prepare for?
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How do they prefer to work through difficulty?
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What kind of explanation and encouragement helps them respond?
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What goals, interests and pressures sit around the immediate task?
The co-founders
Three perspectives, one matching philosophy
These profiles describe Educatia’s leadership roles. Current tutor availability is considered separately through the matching process.
Co-Founder, Head of Student Experience
Susan Thapa
MEng, Engineering - University of Cambridge
Co-Founder, Head of Programmes
Laxman Manivannan
BA, Economics - University of Cambridge
Mentorship matters
Academic support includes learning how to decide
Students often need to decide what to practise, how to organise competing work and when to ask for help. Mentorship makes those decisions part of the conversation alongside immediate subject teaching.
The aim is sustained independence: clearer thinking, stronger habits and more confidence in taking the next step without someone else taking over.