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1. Education human resource support business.
In the education human resource support business, services provided include introducing and dispatching human resources involved in education, such as ICT support personnel, school teachers, club activity instructors, and Japanese language teachers, to schools and local governments, as well as undertaking commissioned work. Additionally, services are provided to other study institutions such as juku (private schools) and preparatory schools to introduce and dispatch human resources such as tutors and classroom supervisors. Especially for school teachers, they are burdened with increased responsibility such as student guidance, club activity guidance, compulsory English education, and programming subjectification, and their working hours have become extremely long compared to overseas teachers. Therefore, popularity of teaching profession is in a declining trend, and the competition ratio for public elementary school teachers is also greatly decreasing. Furthermore, it is estimated that the start of 35 student class will result in a shortage of 13,000 teachers in the future. This is why even closed schools and local governments have finally started to budget for reducing the workload of teachers and promoting work style reforms. Currently, ICT support personnel, who are easy to introduce, are leading the way, but effective utilization of outside human resources such as club activity instructors and ALTs※ has also begun. Below are the company's typical personnel services for educational institutions.
* ALT (Assistant Language Teacher): A foreign language teaching assistant dispatched to elementary, junior high and high schools in order to practice English education in response to globalization.
(1) ICT support personnel.
In Japan, there are very few teachers who can use ICT such as online and tablets in their classes compared to other countries. In order to correct this, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is promoting the DX (digital transformation) of the education scene through the "GIGA School Concept※," which distributes one information terminal per child and places ICT support personnel at a ratio of one to four schools. Local governments are being urged to secure ICT support personnel, and the company has also started an ICT support personnel introduction and dispatching personnel service for the fiscal year ending March 2022. Since the system for ICT support personnel was introduced only a few years ago, it is expected that there will be ongoing demand nationwide for the time being. It is also believed that the systematization of ICT support personnel will be the first step in solving various educational issues, such as reducing the burden on schools and teachers, and improving the quality of school lessons. Therefore, the company has established a system that responds to various needs from local governments, while enhancing and strengthening the registration of ICT support personnel across the country.
* GIGA School Concept: A policy that started in 2019, aiming to realize an educational environment where diverse children can be optimized individually, without leaving anyone behind, by providing one terminal per person and a high-speed, high-capacity communication network, and nurturing their skills and abilities more effectively.
(2) School teachers.
Currently, services are provided to introduce and dispatch full-time and part-time teachers to private elementary, junior high and high schools nationwide. While the teaching profession was once a popular career, a decrease in the number of student applicants for teaching positions due to harsh working conditions has been ongoing, and there is also concern about a decline in the quality of teachers due to a decrease in the competition ratio for teacher recruitment. In addition, many of the teachers who were hired in large numbers are now reaching retirement age, and even public schools that are using retired teachers as a short-term solution for teacher shortages are said to be moving towards a dependence on external resources in the near future. The company's strength lies in having many human resources related to education. Especially in response to the increasing demand for teacher resource introduction services, the company has strengthened the introduction and dispatching of suitable personnel to both private and public schools through the expansion of job search sites that support teachers' job changes.
(3) Club activity instructors and outsourcing of club activity operations.
In school settings, the burden on teachers due to club activities has increased, preventing them from focusing on their original teaching duties. The responsibility and know-how of club activity is also a major challenge, as well as the amount of overtime work required for club guidance. The company is offering a service to manage club activities for schools across Japan. By outsourcing club activity management, various issues can be resolved, leading to a better work-life balance for teachers as well as improved student satisfaction with the dispatch of external coaches who possess high-level competitive achievements and theories. Currently, entrusting the management of club activities to this company has become popular in private schools and there has been an increasing trend in public schools to secure the budget for it. Note that club activity instructors can also be a viable career as second-career athletes.
Japan's aging population and falling birth rate have caused a labor shortage forcing Japanese companies to increase recruitment of foreign workers. Along with this, there is a growing need for language support to help these workers adapt and stay in Japan. The company provides various language support services such as dispatching Japanese teachers, delivering online lessons, and operating Japanese language schools for companies who employ foreign workers. It is expected that by 2030, the domestic labor shortage will exceed 6 million people, and, due to the resurgence of inbound demand, human resource services are expected to be a rapidly growing industry. In addition, as Japan becomes more globalized, ALTs are placed in general schools for elementary, middle and high school students to improve the language abilities of Japanese people. Simultaneously, there has been an increase in foreign children and children with disabilities enrolled in regular classes, so the company is also dispatching Japanese language teachers and caregivers to meet individual needs. This endeavor is an important initiative from the diversity standpoint.
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The company provides a service to operate after-school study sessions for private junior and senior high schools as well as public middle and high schools. Utilizing its know-how from operating tutoring schools over many years, it supports extracurricular lessons in various subjects held in school classrooms after school, on weekends, and early morning times. It also provides support from tutors who assist students with their learning, also known as coaches, and counselors who support career path guidance for students. Due to the decline in the number of children, competition to attract students through achievements such as academic performance has increased especially in private schools. To differentiate themselves from competitors and to survive, many schools are focusing on their after-school study sessions managed by this company.
The company provides a service to operate after-school study sessions in school classrooms for private junior and senior high schools as well as public middle and high schools. Utilizing its know-how from operating tutoring schools over many years, it supports extracurricular lessons in various subjects held after school, on weekends, and early morning times. It also provides support from tutors who assist students with their learning, also known as coaches, and counselors who support career path guidance for students. Due to the decline in the number of children, competition to attract students through achievements such as academic performance has increased especially in private schools. Many schools are focusing on their after-school study sessions managed by this company as a way to differentiate themselves from competitors and to survive.
The learning center industry is in a state of chronic teacher shortage due to the geographical supply bias of excellent universities in metropolitan areas and the seasonality of employment due to student enrollment and graduation. The company provides services to referral dispatch full-time and part-time tutors to competing learning centers and preparatory schools with such challenges. The company gathers tutors through its own media such as "Kokorogaegerushigoto" and other various paid media. Its coordinators listen to the detailed needs of each tutor and carefully support them. In addition, by pre-listening to the details of the job openings of learning centers that are searching for tutors before candidates apply, compared to directly applying, both the needs of tutors and learning centers can be more easily matched resulting in higher retention rates. This unique business targets the entire learning center industry and the education fees that flow into it.
The industry is in a state of chronic teacher shortage due to the geographical supply bias of excellent universities in metropolitan areas and the seasonality of employment due to student enrollment and graduation. The company provides services to referral dispatch full-time and part-time tutors to competing learning centers and preparatory schools with such challenges. The company gathers tutors through its own media such as "Kokorogaegerushigoto" and other various paid media. Its coordinators listen to the detailed needs of each tutor and carefully support them. In addition, by pre-listening to the details of the job openings of learning centers that are searching for tutors before candidates apply, compared to directly applying, both the needs of tutors and learning centers can be more easily matched resulting in higher retention rates. This unique business targets the entire learning center industry and the education fees that flow into it.
(Author: FISCO guest analyst Nobumitsu Miyata)