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Native name | シェーン英会話 |
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Romanized name | Shēn Eikaiwa |
Industry | English schools |
Founded | 1977Chiba Prefecture, Japan | in
Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Japan |
Services | English conversation instruction |
Owner | ZE Holdings Company [1] |
Number of employees | 1,106 (2016 [1]) |
Website |
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Shane English School (シェーン英会話, Shēn Eikaiwa) is a chain of English conversation schools in Japan and other countries. [2] It was founded by Shane Lipscombe [3] in Chiba Prefecture in 1977. [4] Formerly part of the Saxoncourt Group, it is now owned by the cram school operator Eikoh. As of March 2017 [update], it has 206 branches located all over Japan, and is also present in Taiwan, mainland China, and Vietnam. [5] As of November 2013 [update], it had about 20,000 students throughout Japan. [1] [6]
In 2001, after an education ministry panel recommended English education at elementary schools, the company offered courses for Japanese elementary school teachers to prepare them for teaching English to their students. [7]
In 2010, the company was purchased by the cram school operator Eikoh because they wanted to move into the teaching of 5th- and 6th-grade students due to the new compulsory English teaching at that age level. [8] At that time, it operated 199 schools in the Kantō region — of which 46 were franchised—and had four subsidiaries: Shane Corporation Japan, Shane Corporation Kita Kanto, Shane Corporation Higashi Kanto, and Shane Corporation Minami Kanto. [8]
In March 2017, two teachers filed a suit against the company, claiming wrongful dismissal. [9]