Link Interac Inc. Explained

Link Interac Inc.
Foundation:September 1972
Location City:Tokyo
Location Country:Japan
Locations:13 regional offices in Japan
Services:Education, Consultation, Publishing, Language Testing
Homepage:http://www.interacnetwork.com

Link Interac Inc. is a Japanese comprehensive educational consultation company, founded in 1972.[1] The name is an acronym for International Education Research and Analysis Corporation, although the company has never operated under that name. Interac originally concentrated on teaching business English, then shifted focus to providing Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) to public elementary, middle, and high schools. Interac provides teachers to schools around Japan.[2]

The company has fifteen domestic branches within Japan,[3] with associated offices in Salt Lake City and Oxford. There are approximately 100 administrative staff, and a teaching team of over 2500 ALTs and language teachers for English and other languages.[3] [4]

Interac is Japan’s largest private provider of professional foreign teachers to the Japanese government through its ALT program. As one of the largest non-government employers of foreign nationals in Japan they employ nearly 3,500 staff in Japan across a network of 13 offices. Around 3,200 of these employees are non-Japanese.

Interac began as a provider of corporate educational services but from the mid-nineties began providing ALTs and education-related services to Boards of Education across Japan.

In April 2014, Interac became part of the Link and Motivation Group (TSE:2170). The Link and Motivation Group has a range of interests and subsidiaries in the business consultancy, education, recruiting, and hospitality sectors in Japan.https://interacnetwork.com/about-us/about-us-ljc/

Clients

Link Interac has fifteen branches servicing over 7000 different client organizations. Mostly these are local boards of education to whom Interac provides ALTs. The scope of this teaching in public schools is quite large, and the estimate based on government figures is that about 17.33%, or 1 in 5.76 students, is taught by an Interac teacher weekly.[5] About 10% of its business is in providing language instruction to companies such as Ito-Yokado,[3] Honda, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and NEC, as well as Japanese governmental organizations such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency.[4]

Ownership

From 2010 to 2014, Interac was owned by Advantage Partners. Since April 2014, Interac has become part of Link & Motivation Inc (TSE:2170).[6] The official company name "Interac" was changed to Link Interac Inc. after joining Link and Motivation Inc.[7]

Union representation

In western Japan some Interac teachers are represented by the General Union.[8] In southern Japan Interac teachers are represented by the Fukuoka General Union.[9] In the Tokyo area and north eastern Japan, Interac teachers are unionized in "Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union Tozen ALTs" local.[10] In Hokkaido, Interac teachers are represented by the Hokkaido ALT Union.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interac: Japan's leading private provider of Assistant Language Teachers – Official Website. See "About Interac" section. 9 February 2011.
  2. Web site: Outsourced ALTs . 2007-11-21 . Yomiuri Shimbun . August 26, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214093023/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/fukushima/kikaku/070/8.htm . February 14, 2012.
  3. Web site: Japan Today: Executive Impact: Interac – Darrin McNeal. 2012-05-11.
  4. Web site: Interac website – About Interac . 2012-05-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419231629/http://www.interacnetwork.com/recruit/info.html . April 19, 2012 .
  5. Web site: 在学者数(昭和23年~). 学校基本調査 > 年次統計. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan. 10 December 2012.
  6. Web site: Interac. About Interac. Interac. 30 April 2014.
  7. http://www.interacnetwork.com/recruit/jaboutinterac/jcorpprofile.html{{dl|date=June 2024}}
  8. General Union website General Union - Interac Retrieved September 30, 2015
  9. Fukuoka General Union website FGU - Fukuoka General Union Retrieved September 30, 2015
  10. Tozen website About the Interac Union Retrieved September 30, 2015
  11. Hokkaido ALT Union website Hokkaido ALT Union Retrieved May 18, 2021