Date : February 19, 2025
Expanding Possibilities for Education with Metaverse Classes (Vice-principal and Metaverse Students, Yushi International High School)
post date : 2025.01.31
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s FY2024 School Basic Survey, over 290,000 students were attending correspondence high schools, with the number increasing for the ninth year in a row. This form of schooling in which students can freely choose how frequently they attend and the pace at which they acquire credits is providing new opportunities for learning to students from a variety of backgrounds.
Yushi International High School in Kumamoto Prefecture began a metaverse course in April of last year. The students choose an avatar to their liking and attend some classes in the metaverse (virtual reality), attending school events such as homeroom and the culture festival online, interacting with other students as they learn in a contrast with other correspondence schools that focus on self-study.
The FPCJ has invited Mr. Terunori Sakuraba, vice-principal of Yushi International High School, to discuss the topic of expanding the possibilities of learning through attending correspondence high schools via avatar, speaking about the background of establishing the new metaverse course, its educational characteristics, and how many students have applied this year. Two current students will also join the briefing as their avatars, explaining why they chose the course and what their opinion of it is having now experienced it.
Please note that you cannot physically attend this briefing, as it will be a Zoom webinar.
Embassy representatives and FPCJ supporting members may also participate in the briefing as observers (admission free).
■Date: February 19 (Wed), 2025, 14:00-15:30 (Deadline for application: 12:00, Tue, Feb. 18)
■Theme: Expanding Possibilities for Education with Metaverse Classes
■Briefer: Mr. Terunori Sakuraba, Vice-principal, Yushi International High School/ Two Metaverse Students
■Language: Japanese, with consecutive English interpretation
As in our standard press briefings, there will be a Q&A session at the end.
*In principle, questions will only be accepted from members of the foreign press.
■Members of the Foreign Press:
Please send any questions for the briefer or topics you are interested in to cp@fpcjpn.or.jp by 12:00, Friday, Feb. 14.
As there will only be a limited amount of time to ask questions during the briefing, we will collect questions and provide them to the briefer in advance.
■How to Apply: Please refer to the email we sent.
*We will not be accepting applications by email.