A South Korean EduTech startup called PLAT.B announced on Monday that it has officially launched a video answer-based education Q&A platform called “Curi”. Curi is an innovative education application that allows students to upload questions that they are not sure about by taking pictures of the questions with their smartphones and check answers to their questions from tutors through pictures or videos.
One can subscribe to “Curi” by paying $18 (19,500 KRW) monthly. Subscription will provide various unlimited educational explanation services.
Students are able to find answers to their questions without having to wait much as the app provides a fast search speed of 3.9 seconds on average. The app provides key contents that last about 3 minutes on average. Personalized one-on-one tutor service (7 minutes on average) is also provided for students who still need detailed explanations or do not understand explanations provided to them.
As the South Korean government has elevated social distancing to Level 2.5, academic institutes, learning institutions, preparatory schools, libraries, and study cafes will be closed for three weeks. As a result, “Curi” can be utilized as an alternative to contact-free learning through online and self-directed learning method.
The app will be made available through Google Play Store first. For questions regarding the app, one can receive answers through KakaoTalk’s chatting room designated for the app. PLAT.B also plans to have the app available on Apple App Store in the near future.
The company is currently holding a promotion this month. Students that have downloaded the app and became members will be able to use the app without any restriction or payment for this month. They can freely use additional explanation videos without any restriction and receive unlimited one-on-one tutoring sessions. They can also access videos related to explanations on this year’s national college entrance exam.
By downloading the app, one can access videos related to explanations on 60 mathematical questions from 2021 college scholastic qualification test that were uploaded on December 3.
“We have officially launched a bidirectional education platform “Curi” that allows students to easily access one-on-one tutoring sessions from their homes.” said CEO Song Ha-young of PLAT.B. “We plan to provide an optimal education service that meets the eye level of students in this era of new normal that has arrived earlier due to COVID-19 and lead the EduTech market by gradually expanding a list of subjects with mathematics as the starting point.”
PLAT.B provides a learning platform that is optimized for individual levels of students by using image recognition and search and AI technology. Particularly, it is recognized for providing optimal and personalized learning contents after analyzing various mathematical questions and determining one’s learning level.
It plans to provide various learning services in order to improve students’ self-directed learning ability as the education setting has been shifted towards a contact-free setting.
Staff Reporter Kim, Junghee | jhakim@etnews.com