ICT tool "Preschool Support System + Bus Catch Free case study interview with Horonan Gakuen Kindergarten, Sapporo

VISH Corporation (Location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, CEO: Hiroyuki Tabuchi) announces that it will publish a case study of Horonan Gakuen Kindergarten (Location: Sapporo City, Hokkaido, President: Hirotoshi Takagi), an educational corporation that introduced the ICT tool "En Support System + Bus Catch" to help reduce the workload of kindergartens, nursery schools and certified childcare centers. We are pleased to announce that an interview with Mr. Hirotoshi Takagi, President of Horonan Gakuen Kindergarten (Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan), who has implemented the Horonan Support System + Bus Catch, is available free of charge on October 30, 2023.

Mr. Hirotoshi Takagi, President (middle), Mr. Akiyoshi Tomita, Principal (right), Ms. Mayuko Gonpei, Administrative Assistant (left)

To read the full case study article, please visit: https://voice.buscatch.com/konangakuen

Kindergarten Basic Information

Opened in April 1968

Enrollment: 160 children

　160 children enrolled, 2 classes each for junior, junior-high, and senior grades

Total staff: 25

The "preschool support system + Bus Catch" will be introduced in July 2022.

Before the introduction of the "Bus Catch" system

The safety of children has always been a top priority in the management of the preschools and the development of the system.

Before the introduction of the "preschool support system + Bus Catch", several systems were introduced.

・A mail system was introduced about 10 years ago. After that, a bus location confirmation system and a system for managing children and their arrival/departure from school were introduced.

The reason for the introduction of "Bus Catch

The reason for introduction】・ Different systems were introduced for different operations, but even with the systems in place, they were not very efficient.

Parents said it was difficult to understand because they had to look at several applications.

We were wondering if we could do something with one system, so we were introduced to a kindergarten director who was close to us.

In May 2022, we had a meeting with VISH Corporation, and in June, we signed a contract with them.

Effects of the introduction of the system

(1) The system allows teachers to schedule their shifts earlier because they can know in advance the status of reservations for daycare. 2.

(2) The registered absence notification times show that many of them are registered on the previous day, which has the advantage of allowing parents to contact their children at their convenience.

(3) The "contact book" function allows the entire preschool to share information that could only be grasped by the homeroom teacher.

4. the letters are now distributed by e-mail in PDF format. This has been very helpful in reducing the workload of the teachers and making the system paperless. 5.

The e-mail function is used on a daily basis. The email function is used on a daily basis, and the template registration function is utilized so that urgent messages can be immediately sent out via email. 6.

6. the "supplies order" function, which is used daily for the sale of uniforms and tools, is also used for the sale of meal tickets for the PTA bazaar. It was easy to use.

The system can be adapted to the school.

The system is easy to use, and we can set up certain functions ourselves. It is very easy to use because we can adapt the system to our school, rather than having to adapt the system to us. For example, we can set up the pattern of daycare, create the content of the questionnaires, and so on, quite freely. It's great that when we want to do something, we can do it ourselves."

■About the preschool support system + Bus Catch

Released in 2010, "Kindergarten Support System + Bus Catch" is a low-cost cloud service that contributes to the digitalization of communication with parents and the reform of working styles of teachers and staff, focusing on information on school bus operations and management of preschool children. As of October 2023, more than 2,300 kindergartens, nursery schools, and certified childcare centers nationwide are using the service (excluding cancellations and closures).

Official website of the preschool support system: https://www.buscatch.com/solution/kindergarten/

Company Profile

Company name: VISH Corporation

Location: SC Nishiki ANNEX 5F, 2-10-13 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Establishment ： December 2004

Capital: 11,500,000 yen

Representative: Hiroyuki Tabuchi, President

Company website: https://www.vish.co.jp/