Improving Lesson Quality and Subject Teaching Capabilities

「In terms of development, we worked to improve teaching capabilities and service quality through various training programs and company-wide teaching skills competitions, while also working to increase employee engagement through various initiatives for the 50th anniversary of the Company’s founding.」

「During the interim consolidated accounting period, in terms of academic instruction, we continued to improve teaching capabilities by enhancing staff training and strengthen our regional strategy by expanding the entrance examination preparation course for highly selective metropolitan and prefectural high schools established the previous year.」

「While advancing a fundamental review of entrance examination instruction, we worked to address regional examination needs and strengthen practical skills through the newly established entrance examination preparation course for highly selective metropolitan and prefectural high schools.」

「In terms of academic instruction, we worked on a fundamental review of teaching materials and curricula for entrance examination instruction for highly selective schools and expanded courses to strengthen practical skills. In school-specific preparation courses, we focused on detailed instruction tailored to each student’s circumstances.」

「In academic administration, we worked to strengthen the academic administration system and maintain curricula for entrance examination instruction at selective schools, expand courses to strengthen practical abilities, and provide even more detailed instruction in courses tailored to students' target schools.」

「In academic administration, we worked to strengthen the academic administration system and maintain curricula for entrance examination instruction at selective schools, expand courses to strengthen practical abilities, and provide even more detailed instruction in courses tailored to students' target schools.」

「In academic administration, we worked to strengthen the academic administration system and maintain curricula for entrance examination instruction at selective schools, expand courses to strengthen practical abilities, and provide even more detailed instruction in courses tailored to students' target schools.」

「In terms of academic instruction, we worked to strengthen the teaching system for entrance examination instruction for highly selective schools, maintain teaching curricula, and expand courses to strengthen practical skills. We also resumed, for the first time in 3 years, the "School Visits," "Further Education Seminars" and "Overseas Entrance Examination Seminars," which had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020, and worked to provide parents with timely and useful information on further education.」

「Although there were concerns about the impact of the seventh wave of COVID-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant on the "Summer Intensive Training," which makes a major contribution to second-quarter earnings, more students participated than in the previous year. In post-event surveys of parents, we received ratings above the previous year on all indicators, including improved motivation to learn and improved academic performance.」

「In terms of academic instruction, we worked to strengthen the teaching system and maintain curricula for entrance examination instruction for highly selective schools, while expanding courses to strengthen practical skills.」

「In terms of academic instruction, in the junior high school entrance examination course, we improved teaching materials and tests for first- and second-grade elementary school students and maintained the videos used in science and social studies classes for third-grade students. We also worked to expand our strategy for lower grades and maintain teaching materials and curricula, including measures to improve students’ understanding by giving them an impression close to that of actual experience.」

「In terms of academic instruction, we worked to expand our strategy for lower grades and maintain teaching materials and curricula, while strengthening our instructional system to increase the number of successful applicants to highly selective schools. Specifically, in the junior high school entrance examination course, we improved teaching materials and tests for first- and second-grade elementary school students and worked to improve service quality in response to the trend toward students beginning to attend preparatory schools at younger ages. In the third-grade elementary school course, we maintained the videos used in science and social studies classes and worked on measures to improve students’ understanding by giving them an impression close to that of actual experience.」

「Specifically, to strengthen "human resources development," the most important issue in achieving "higher customer satisfaction through improved service quality," we focused on enhancing training for new employees and teaching staff, while establishing an internal project and working to restructure the training framework for more effective employee education.」

「Regarding "human resources development," an important issue for medium- to long-term business expansion, we worked to restructure our training framework for more effective and efficient employee education, including by strengthening training to develop new instructors quickly, providing online training, and reviewing the training system for administrative staff.」

「Regarding "human resources development," an important issue for medium- to long-term business expansion, we focused on enhancing and strengthening training to develop new instructors quickly and worked to restructure our training framework for more effective employee education, including by reviewing the training system for administrative staff.」

「Regarding "recruitment and development," an important issue for medium- to long-term business expansion, we strengthened recruitment, mainly for instructor positions, from the previous consolidated fiscal year. As a result, we made progress in acquiring the personnel set out in our staffing plan at limited expense, and focused on enhancing and strengthening training to develop new instructors quickly. We also began restructuring our training framework to implement more effective employee education, including by launching training with new content.」

「In this business, we worked to increase admissions to selective schools, which support our Group's brand strength, by reviewing course structures to respond to changes in education and entrance examination systems, developing courses, teaching materials and curricula, and enhancing training directly linked to improved instructional quality.」

「In this business, we worked to develop new instructors quickly by enhancing training directly linked to improved teaching quality, while also focusing on reviewing course specifications to respond to changes in entrance examinations and expanding special courses and various mock examinations.」

「In this business, we focused on improving the quality of academic instruction, expanding special courses and entrance examination preparation courses, and maintaining teaching materials and curricula in order to increase the number of successful applicants to highly selective upper-tier schools, which directly contributes to improving the strength of our Group’s brand.」

「In this business, to accelerate differentiation from competitors through educational outcomes (motivation to learn and improved academic performance) and customer satisfaction, we focused on developing personnel quickly through video-based training for new employees and subject-specific training. We also worked to improve teaching quality, review course specifications and expand special courses in order to increase the number of successful applicants to highly selective upper-tier schools, which directly supports the strength of our Group’s brand.」

「To further accelerate differentiation from competitors through educational outcomes (motivation to learn and improved academic performance) and customer satisfaction, we worked to develop personnel quickly through video-based training for new employees and subject-specific training, while also focusing on reviewing course specifications and expanding special courses and various mock examinations.」

「Throughout the year, this business focused on "differentiation from competitors through educational outcomes (motivation to learn and improved academic performance) and customer satisfaction" as a priority issue, and worked to improve the quality of lesson services by strengthening instructor training and reviewing teaching materials and curricula, among other measures.」

「In this business, to advance the priority issue for the current fiscal year of "differentiation from competitors through educational outcomes (motivation to learn and improved academic performance) and customer satisfaction," we worked to improve teaching quality by strengthening instructor training and reviewing course specifications and curricula.」

「To advance this fiscal year's priority issue of differentiating ourselves from competitors through instructional outcomes—improved motivation to learn and academic ability—and customer satisfaction, the business focused on improving instructional quality through enhanced training and revisions to course structures and curricula. Group companies also expanded special courses for students targeting selective schools to increase admissions results, the source of the Group's brand strength.」

「Internally, the increase in the number of students was attributable to a decline in the student withdrawal rate as a result of initiatives to improve teaching quality, among other factors.」

「In this business, to provide high-quality lessons that contribute to improved academic performance and admission to students’ preferred schools, we promoted the development and use of teaching manuals and training video content aimed at improving teaching capabilities, and worked to strengthen employee training. In addition, we worked to establish a system that would enable us to provide services tailored to customer needs consistently across all schools, including the timely provision of information on further education and improvements to parent meetings, while also working to expand services using ICT, including home-study content.」

「In this business, to provide high-quality lessons that contribute to improved academic performance and admission to students’ preferred schools, we promoted the development and use of teaching manuals and training video content aimed at improving teaching capabilities, and worked to strengthen employee training. We also focused on establishing a system that would enable us to provide services tailored to customer needs consistently across all schools, including the timely provision of information on further education and improvements to parent meetings. In addition, we worked to enhance services using ICT, including the home-study content "みやじいラボ（学習ムービー）".」

「In this business, we worked to improve the teaching capabilities of less-experienced instructors by developing and converting teaching manuals into video content, and strengthened training for new employees, in order to provide high-quality lessons that contribute to improved academic performance. We also focused on establishing a system that would enable us to provide services tailored to customer needs consistently across all schools by improving the operation of parent meetings and enhancing various materials for parents.」

「To provide high-quality lessons that contribute to improved academic performance, we strengthened instructor training, created video manuals to improve the teaching capabilities of less-experienced instructors, and developed and converted subject-specific teaching manuals into video content. We also focused on establishing a system that would enable us to provide services tailored to customer needs consistently across all schools by improving the operation of parent meetings and enhancing various materials for parents.」

「We worked to improve lesson quality and subject-specific teaching expertise by strengthening instructor training and maintaining teaching materials and curricula.」