[50th Anniversary] WAO Corporation Digitizes Noukai Center Instructors' Scoring Know-How with AI. Jointly develops Japanese Descriptive Question AI Automated Scoring System 'AI Go Answer' with subsidiary WAOTech, Patent Pending!
WAO Corporation and its subsidiary WAOTech have jointly developed 'AI Go Answer', an AI automated scoring system for Japanese descriptive questions, combining OCR technology with Noukai Center's scoring know-how.
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WAO Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; President: Hideo Ikemori) and its subsidiary WAOTech (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; CEO: Hideo Ikemori) have jointly developed the Japanese descriptive question AI automated scoring system 'AI Go Answer'.
'AI Go Answer' is a new AI automated scoring system that aims to reproduce 'human-like Japanese scoring', going beyond simple correct/incorrect judgments. It does this by combining handwriting reading technology via OCR with the scoring and deduction know-how cultivated over many years by the Japanese language instructors at Noukai Center in real-world exam preparation settings. This technology is currently patent pending.
WAO Corporation, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, operates an education business across all 47 prefectures in Japan. Its educational philosophy has been 'to foster individuals who have high aspirations, learn independently, think independently, and act on their own judgment.' This latest development is a new challenge directed at the education industry, realized by combining insights from the educational frontline with WAOTech's technological development capabilities.
## Background of Development
In educational settings, particularly in cram schools and regular schools, the scoring of descriptive Japanese answers remains a significant burden. Unlike multiple-choice questions, descriptive questions cannot be processed with simple correct/incorrect judgments. They must be evaluated multi-dimensionally by looking at the content of the answer, the excess or deficiency of elements, logical progression, and the appropriateness of expression.
Therefore, scoring requires high expertise and a lot of time. On the other hand, as the number of exams to be scored increases, 'scoring variance' tends to occur due to scorer fatigue or fluctuating judgment. Especially in junior high and high school entrance exams, cases where a difference of a few points determines pass or fail are not uncommon, making the reproducibility and fairness of scoring an important theme directly linked to the quality of education itself.
Since its founding in 1976, Noukai Center has provided educational services tailored to changing times while protecting its educational philosophy, supporting academic improvement and passing school entrance exams with its strength in teaching and instruction. Noukai instructors emphasize developing children's learning attitude and academic ability through 'classes that convey the joy of learning.' In this process, they have accumulated unique practical knowledge in scoring and correcting descriptive Japanese answers.
'AI Go Answer' is a new AI automated scoring system that aims to reproduce 'human-like Japanese scoring', going beyond simple correct/incorrect judgments. It does this by combining handwriting reading technology via OCR with the scoring and deduction know-how cultivated over many years by the Japanese language instructors at Noukai Center in real-world exam preparation settings. This technology is currently patent pending.
WAO Corporation, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, operates an education business across all 47 prefectures in Japan. Its educational philosophy has been 'to foster individuals who have high aspirations, learn independently, think independently, and act on their own judgment.' This latest development is a new challenge directed at the education industry, realized by combining insights from the educational frontline with WAOTech's technological development capabilities.
## Background of Development
In educational settings, particularly in cram schools and regular schools, the scoring of descriptive Japanese answers remains a significant burden. Unlike multiple-choice questions, descriptive questions cannot be processed with simple correct/incorrect judgments. They must be evaluated multi-dimensionally by looking at the content of the answer, the excess or deficiency of elements, logical progression, and the appropriateness of expression.
Therefore, scoring requires high expertise and a lot of time. On the other hand, as the number of exams to be scored increases, 'scoring variance' tends to occur due to scorer fatigue or fluctuating judgment. Especially in junior high and high school entrance exams, cases where a difference of a few points determines pass or fail are not uncommon, making the reproducibility and fairness of scoring an important theme directly linked to the quality of education itself.
Since its founding in 1976, Noukai Center has provided educational services tailored to changing times while protecting its educational philosophy, supporting academic improvement and passing school entrance exams with its strength in teaching and instruction. Noukai instructors emphasize developing children's learning attitude and academic ability through 'classes that convey the joy of learning.' In this process, they have accumulated unique practical knowledge in scoring and correcting descriptive Japanese answers.