G-Communication/NOVA Planning to Increase Schools 5 Fold

April 22, 2008 (translation of the Asahi Shimbun article)

G-Communication, a Nagoya-based company who took over the operation of NOVA, a major English language school which had gone bankrupt, disclosed on the 21st, a plan to increase the ex-NOVA schools from 195 (as of the end of March this year) to 975 by the end of March next year - 5 fold in one year. They are aiming to introduce a franchise system and mini-schools to expand the operation nationwide. Masaki Inayoshi, the Chairman and President of G-Communication group revealed the plan to the Asahi Shimbun. G-Communication announced in November last year, when the business transfer of NOVA to G-Com was decided, that they will re-open 200 schools, out of 670 at the time of bankruptcy, by May this year. 195 schools nationwide were opened by the end of March, including the mini-schools, where the lessons are provided by video calls over the internet.

Although NOVA schools used to be run directly, G-Com introduced the franchise (FC) system in April, with new schools in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and other prefectures. They now plan to open new FC schools in Osaka this month. The plan is by the end of March to open approximately 250 FC schools, 240 schools annexed to cram schools providing private lessons to school children, and 290 mini-schools, where the teachers are not permanently placed.

As of the end of March, there are 1024 foreign teachers employed by G- Com. In order to secure sufficient teachers with the increased number of schools, they are planning to employ some teachers from the list of 20,000 ex-NOVA teachers, as well as opening recruitment offices in the US, Australia and Ireland within this year. (Tomohiro Yamamoto)

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