TECH & SCI
Chinese company promotes benefits of one-on-one, online tutoring
2017-03-30 08:20 GMT+8
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Xie Zhenqi
By CGTN's Mark Niu
It’s a space for education worth 5 trillion US dollars globally, and an increasing portion of that is now online.
Kailey Lane works a part-time job as a salesperson during the day while spending many early mornings and late nights teaching right from her home.
Her newest student is from Beijing, Mady Wang who is getting an early start. Kailey teaches 25 students a week, earning anywhere from 18-22 US dollars per hour using the platform VIPKID.
Beijing-based company, VIPKID, believes one-on-one online tutoring for children is the best way to start.
VIPKID has now recruited around 10,000 teachers in the US and Canada, who mostly teach English, but also subjects like maths and science to 100,000 students primarily in China.
The Chinese company recently opened a new office in Silicon Valley, where founder Cindy Mi is focused on overseeing the company’s growth.
Cindy said the most important questions she’s been asking the teachers is: what can VIPKID do better?
(CGTN’s Mark Niu spoke to VIPKID’s founder and CEO Cindy Mi about what separates VIPKID from the competition)
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The company’s raised 125 million US dollars from investors that include everyone from basketball star Kobe Bryant to education tech venture capital firm Learn Capital.
And to stay on the forefront of education, VIPKID is starting its own research institute headed up by a Stanford Professor and cognitive neuroscientist.
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