The choice is yours. Approval and Decline are equally available. You can withdraw approval later, and withdrawing does not automatically delete the student's learning records.
Guardian approval
How guardian approval works
SPARC asks for a guardian's approval before a student under 18 can create an account. You do not make that decision on this public page. SPARC sends you a private link for the student who invited you.
- The student starts the request.
They enter their guardian's email in the SPARC app and receive a six-character code. - You receive a private email.
Open the link in that email and compare its code with the code on the student's phone. - You review and choose.
Read what the account will use, then approve or decline freely. Nothing is selected for you.
If you approve
The student can finish creating the account
SPARC can then store the account and learning records needed for study, backup, progress and approved online features.
If you decline
The under-18 account is not created
The student can send a new request later. Declining does not enrol you in anything or create a payment.
Account approval is not payment approval. If the student later wants to buy a Lara pass, voice time with Lara or picture credits, SPARC sends you a separate request showing exactly what it is and the price. SPARC purchases do not renew automatically.
What information does SPARC use?
For an approved account, SPARC may store the student's sign-in details, study choices, answers, scores, progress, mocks, goals, Lara conversations and support messages, plus basic records that help keep the account safe.
The student's study work is backed up to their account so it is not lost. When the student uses Lara, what they type, say or show her is sent to an AI service so she can answer. If they talk to Lara by voice, SPARC saves a written transcript but never records their voice. The student's email and full name are not sent to the AI service.
For the full detail, read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
I no longer have access to the guardian email
If you previously approved an account and saved the one-time recovery code, you can use it to verify a new email. If you have never approved an account, ask the student to send a new request instead.
Received a private link that will not open? Ask SPARC support for help.
Checking your private link
SPARC is opening the correct guardian request. The private part of the link has already been removed from the address bar.
Private link
We could not open this request
This link may have expired, been replaced or already been used.
Account request
Review this account request
A student is waiting for your decision. First, make sure this request came from the student you know.
Compare this with the code on the student's phone. If the codes do not match, decline or close this page.
What approval allows
See exactly how the student's information is handled
- Account information: email and name, study choices, answers, scores, progress, mocks, goals, Lara conversations and support messages, plus basic records that help keep the account safe.
- Backup: the student's account and study work are stored securely by SPARC (using Supabase and SPARC's own servers) so they can be restored on another phone.
- Lara, SPARC's AI: when the student uses Lara, only what she needs to answer (such as the question and the student's answer) is sent to AI companies. Written replies go through OpenRouter to companies such as Anthropic, DeepSeek or Qwen. Voice conversations, Lara's web searches during them, and reading or creating pictures use OpenAI. SPARC saves voice transcripts but never voice recordings. Uploaded and created pictures are stored privately in the student's account. The student's email and full name are not sent to these companies. Some of them are outside Nigeria.
- Payments: Paystack or Google Play handles payment. Every purchase for a student under 18, including Lara passes, voice minutes and picture credits, needs your separate approval and never renews automatically.
- Notifications: after approval, the student can receive study and account notifications on their phone, which they can turn off.
- Crash reports: after approval, if the app crashes, a short report goes to Google Firebase so SPARC can fix the problem. It says what went wrong and the type of phone, never the student's name, email or account, and is deleted after 90 days.
You or the student can request an export or deletion. You can withdraw approval using the private management link sent after approval. Withdrawal stops restricted online features but does not automatically erase learning data.
Read SPARC's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, or email support@sparc.ng.
Guardian controls
Manage your approval
Withdraw approval
This pauses the student's restricted online features. It does not automatically delete their learning records.
Change my guardian email
If you are the same guardian using a new address, SPARC verifies the new email before changing anything.
Hand over to a different guardian
The new guardian must review and approve independently. Your approval stays active until the handover is complete.
Email change
Confirm your new email
This changes the active guardian address only after you confirm it.
Guardian handover
Review the handover request
You are being asked to become the active guardian for a student's SPARC account. Nothing changes unless you approve for yourself.
What becoming the guardian allows
- SPARC stores the student's sign-in details, study choices, answers, scores, progress, mocks, goals, Lara conversations and support messages, plus basic records that help keep the account safe.
- The student's study work is backed up so it can be restored on another phone.
- When the student uses Lara, what they type, say or show her is sent to AI companies (through OpenRouter, and OpenAI for voice and pictures) so she can answer. Voice is never recorded. The student's email and full name are not sent.
- Every under-18 purchase still needs separate approval showing exactly what it is and the price. Purchases do not renew automatically.
You can withdraw later using your management link. Read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Purchase request
Review this purchase
Account approval does not approve purchases. Check the exact details below before deciding.
- Product
- Exact amount
- Access ends
- Renewal
- One-off. It does not renew automatically.
Refund request
Review this refund request
The student has asked for a refund on a purchase. Check the purchase and the amount before deciding.
- Request
- Product
- Original amount
- Current estimate
If the purchase has not been used, allowing this request can send the refund to the payment provider straight away. If anything has changed, SPARC checks it first and the refund is not guaranteed.
Policy update
SPARC has updated its policies
You already approved this student's account. This is a smaller question: do you approve the update below?
This code is also in the email you were sent. If you were not expecting this, close the page.
What changed
The student's account stays approved while you decide, and they can keep studying. If you decline, nothing is locked. The new part simply never starts.
Decision recorded
Your choice has been saved. You can close this page.
Your one-time recovery code
Save this somewhere private. SPARC cannot show it again.