Educational Trip
Local Network Service provides international school exchange programs, education programs and homestay programs for students and groups from abroad. Our arrangements range from preschool to university, and upon request, we also arrange company studies, industrial learnings, and medical studies.
Our actual achievement : 70 school arrangements, 10 company studies, 3 medical studies, and 5 agricultural studies, etc.
Our arrangement and suport
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- 1School Arrangement
- We find a school for you with our education board
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- 2Student Exchange Program
- We arrange the day program with our school
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- 3School Visit Day
- On the day of school exchange, one of our staff support both schools
Conditions for International school exchange arrangement
School exchange programs are provided under the project of our state government and so we arrange it free of charge with some conditions.
- Application must be made at least 3 month in advance
- Please stay one night in Shizuoka Prefecture or in the city where the school is located.
Arrangement Fee
No arrangement fee will be invoiced to “Education Tour Group” as the international school exchange project is encouraged by our state government and done under our government budget. The definition of “Education Tour Group” is a group that consists of students and teachers of a school/or schools.
However, company studies and industry learnings are not regarded as a part of the project, and we charge actual fees to the groups when we are requested to arrange it.
Cases of free of charge
- Our students want to visit a high school in Shizuoka to interact for 3 days
- Our students want to visit a university in Shizuoka to learn the education system
- Our students want to visit a technical school to study with Japanese students
Cases that requires actual fee
- Our students want to visit a tea farm to study how tea is grown, processed, and distributed.
- Our students want to visit a factory to study process and distribution
- Teachers want to visit a school to inspect and study Japanese schools.
How to apply for school exchanges
We will approve the application when we get (1) and (2) listed below.
- School Exchange Check Sheet = application form
Please write down detailed information as possible along with your requests - Itinerary
Itinerary is necessary for us to determine the region in our state. - Name List
Our schools need it when they build the exchange programs.
Check-sheet form is available from here
When is the best time to apply for school exchange ?
In Japan, schools have lots of school events such as regular exams, school festivals, vacations, sport competitions, etc. Please refer to the calendar below. The calendar is based on our public high school events.
Others
- Please mention what you want to do in the Check-sheet so our school can know what is the best program for you.
Ex. English class, Cultural experience, Calligraphy, Lunch communication
※Requests are only for our reference and all depends on our school’s convenience. - We encourage homestay programs after/before school visit. Please see this page for details
- We provide programs for student education. Please see this page for details