Free Provision of Online Courses and Opening of “Toshin Online School”

「In the online school division, the company provides Toshin Online School, a correspondence-education business for elementary and junior-high school students nationwide, with the goal of providing “the latest and best education to anyone, anytime and anywhere.”」

「In the online school division, the company provides Toshin Online School, a correspondence-education business for elementary and junior-high school students nationwide, with the goal of providing “the latest and best education to anyone, anytime and anywhere.”」

「The company will also pursue businesses that further expand the range of education it provides, including the Toshin Online School correspondence-education business for a broad range of users and Toshin Children's English School in the children's English education field.」

「In the correspondence-education field, the Group is promoting new initiatives to further expand the range of education it provides, including Toshin Online School, which began paid services in February 2021 for a broad range of elementary and junior-high school students, and Toshin Digital University, which provides advanced AI education for working adults and university students.」

「We are promoting new initiatives to further expand the scope of the education provided by the group, including 東進オンライン学校, which began offering paid services in February 2021 for a broad range of elementary and junior high school students in the distance-learning field, and 東進デジタルユニバーシティ, which provides advanced AI education for working adults and university students.」

「We are promoting new initiatives to further expand the scope of the education provided by the group, including 東進オンライン学校, which began offering paid services in February 2021 for a broad range of elementary and junior high school students in the distance-learning field, and 東進デジタルユニバーシティ, which provides advanced AI education for working adults and university students.」

「In addition, in February 2021, the company began offering Toshin Online School as a paid correspondence-education service for a broad range of elementary and junior-high school students,」

「Toshin Online School, which began as a free course that could be taken at home to secure children's access to education during school closures the previous year and received approximately 270,000 applications, began paid service in February of this year as a new service with an expanded range of subjects to meet the expectations of students and parents more broadly.」

「To ensure learning opportunities for children, the company actively pursued efforts to further improve quality through new initiatives suited to changing circumstances and innovative delivery methods, including the online delivery of Toshin Online School, which began as a free course that students could take at home and attracted approximately 270,000 applications, as well as the Summer Education Seminar and University Faculty Seminar, which attract many participants each summer as regular seasonal events.」

「To secure children's access to education, we actively pursued initiatives to improve quality through new programs and improvements in delivery methods in response to the changing environment during the pandemic. These included Toshin Online School, which began as a free course that could be taken at home and received 260,000 applications, as well as online versions of the “Summer Education Seminar” and “University Faculty Research Forum,” which attract many participants each year as regular summer events.」

「During the quarter, as school closures continued from April through May, the Group provided free “Online Courses at Home” for high school students and “National Unified Online Courses” for elementary and junior-high school students, which could be taken at home, to secure children's access to education. From 15 June, these were further developed into Toshin Online School and provided entirely free of charge to elementary and junior-high school students nationwide until they graduate from school. The “National Unified Online Courses” and Toshin Online School received a strong response, with 240,000 applications in a short period, enabling many students and parents to access learning opportunities. Going forward, we will use the expertise and knowledge gained through these online initiatives and seek synergies with the content developed by the company to date, while further promoting distance education and developing new educational methods.」

「As an initiative that educational institutions could undertake in this environment, the Group used the agility of a private education provider to offer free “Online Courses at Home” for high school students and “National Unified Online Courses” for elementary and junior-high school students, allowing students with learning difficulties, such as those who were motivated to study but unable to attend school, to learn at home. The “National Unified Online Courses” received a strong response, with 230,000 applications in a short period, so on 15 June we launched the more advanced Toshin Online School and decided to provide it entirely free of charge to elementary and junior-high school students nationwide until they graduate from school. Going forward, we will use the content developed by the company to date, together with the expertise and knowledge gained through these online initiatives, to further promote distance education and develop new educational methods.」