Gifu Prefectural Ena Minami High School, where 60% of students seek employment, strengthens re-learning with AI educational material 'Surala' – Supporting basic academic skill development and reducing teacher workload through personalized learning

Surala, provided by Surala Net Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Takahiko Yunokawa), a company that develops and provides AI-powered adaptive interactive ICT educational materials, was introduced at Gifu Prefectural Ena Minami High School starting April 2026, with approximately 40 students beginning its use.

Gifu Prefectural Ena Minami High School is a comprehensive high school that accepts students with diverse academic abilities. It is a small-scale school with approximately 130 students in total, and about 60% of students wish to find employment. Based on years of learning status and mock exam results, more than half of the students had challenges in establishing basic academic skills. Furthermore, with the trend of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) for terminals, there was a growing need for effective learning support utilizing ICT. In this context, the introduction of 'Surala' was decided as a means to achieve both re-learning tailored to individual comprehension levels and the establishment of learning habits.

*BYOD: Abbreviation for 'Bring Your Own Device,' a system where students bring their own devices (laptops, tablets, etc.) to school and utilize them for learning.

'Surala' is an educational material that combines easy-to-understand lecture functions with animation and AI-driven optimal problem presentation drills, enabling 'individually optimized learning' tailored to each student's comprehension level and learning progress. It is designed to naturally foster self-esteem and motivation to learn by accumulating successful experiences of feeling 'understood' and 'able,' rather than simply repeating drill exercises.

In addition, it reduces the burden of teachers' daily tasks such as assignment distribution, grading, and progress management, while enabling detailed guidance utilizing learning data. This ensures that teachers have time to engage with each student individually, contributing to further improvement in the quality of lessons.

The school plans to utilize 'Surala' to establish basic academic skills and form learning habits, for example, by creating study time during morning reading sessions. Furthermore, by using it for studies directly linked to career paths, such as Eiken (English proficiency test) and SPI (recruitment aptitude test) preparation, the policy is to connect it to practical learning that supports post-graduation career choices. It is expected to realize a state where students can continue to learn independently even without direct teacher intervention.

Comment from Gifu Prefectural Ena Minami High School:

"Our school is a small-scale comprehensive high school located in the mountains, and our motto is meticulous educational activities that leverage the benefits of small class sizes. We have students with a wide range of academic abilities, from those aiming for national and public universities to those who need to re-learn from elementary and junior high school levels, and we have been responding with ability-grouped classes and individual instruction outside of class hours. However, due to the large number of subjects taught by a single teacher and the heavy administrative workload unique to a small comprehensive high school, securing time to individually address diverse students, such as common test preparation and supplementary lessons for basic academic skill development, has become extremely difficult. Therefore, taking the opportunity of BYOD, we decided to introduce 'Surala' with the expectation of surely helping each student grow one step further."

Surala Net will continue to strongly support individually optimized learning and the reduction of teacher workload in educational settings through the provision of 'Surala.'

■AI x Adaptive Learning Material 'Surala'

'Surala' is an adaptive ICT educational material that allows students to learn 6 subjects—Japanese, arithmetic/mathematics, English, science, social studies, and Information I—from elementary to high school levels, together with an animated teacher character, according to each individual's comprehension level. Through lecture functions, drill functions, and test functions, it repeatedly cycles through understanding → retention → application according to each individual's academic ability, achieving one-stop comprehension and retention of learning content. A key feature is that students can proceed with learning independently even in fields they are studying for the first time, and its widespread use extends to cram schools, elementary, junior high, and high schools, higher education institutions, after-school day services, and individual learning.

■Surala Net Co., Ltd.

Surala Net Co., Ltd. operates under the corporate philosophy of 'Transforming education, empowering children to live,' developing and providing AI-powered adaptive interactive ICT educational materials such as 'Surala' and 'Surala Drill.' Currently, it has been introduced in over 3,100 schools and cram schools nationwide, with approximately 260,000 students using it. While its use is expanding in public schools, famous private schools, and major cram schools across the country, it also addresses educational challenges by providing learning opportunities to children facing school refusal, developmental disabilities, and economic difficulties. In 2017, it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market (now Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market) as a representative EdTech startup company.

* Corporate website: https://surala.co.jp/
* Service website: https://surala.jp/