February 27, 2019 10:56 PM
’s visa processors need to know if prospective students and workers are proficient in Japanese. is here to help.
Sony Global Education is teaming up with Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Research Institute to conduct field trials to assess the usefulness of blockchains for securing students’ academic data.
According to a from Fujitsu Limited, the three companies have started to test technology’s potential to manage “course records and grade data” in relation to a language proficiency test given to prospective students that want to study in .
In this experiment, students who wish to pursue an education in will take a course called the “Nihongo Dojo,” which is designed to help students prepare for the Japanese language proficiency test. The course will be available on the Fujitsu’s Fisdom digital learning platform, and the students’ study logs, grade information, and conversational ability scores will be stored and managed on a Hyperledger Fabric platform.
This trial, according to a from Sony, is intended to help the – an institution that facilitates study abroad in – better assess the language skills of potential students. The technology will enable the Human Academy to compare the academic records provided by students to the data stored on the platform.
According to Sony, this trial was developed in response to an influx of foreign workers and students coming to in recent years. With to the Immigration Control Act set to come into effect in April of 2019, expects the number of foreign workers and students in the country to grow even more.
To be granted a Japanese student or work visa, foreigners are required to submit the results of Japanese language courses, which are taken prior to entering the country. However, the legitimacy of this data is often hard to confirm. As a result, some workers and students are placed in the wrong classes or roles. Sony and Fujitsu hope that this experiment will help validate these records and make the issuance of student and worker visas more accurate.
Going forward, the three organizations plan to develop a “multifaceted analysis of collected study logs and grade information” to collect data pertaining to students’ attitudes about education and their study habits.
Both Fujitsu and Sony have been active in spurring the of technology. In March 2018, Fujitsu announced it was developing a research and development center in Brussels, Belgium, to explore “next generation” . In October 2018, Sony it was developing a platform for authenticating educational data.
Nathan Graham is a full-time staff writer for ETHNews. He lives in Sparks, Nevada, with his wife, Beth, and dog, Kyia. Nathan has a passion for new technology, grant writing, and short stories. He spends his time rafting the American River, playing video games, and writing.
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Published at Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:00:17 +0000
