Gaba Corporation

Infobox_Company
company_name = Gaba
company_
company_type = Public (tyo|2133)
company_slogan = Achieve your most Audacious life goals
foundation = Tokyo, Japan (1995)
location = Tokyo, Japan
industry = Language instruction
revenue =
net_income =
key_people = Chutatsu Aono President & CEO
homepage = [http://www.gaba.co.jp/ www.gaba.co.jp]
nihongo|Gaba Corporation|株式会社 GABA|Kabushiki Kaisha Gaba is a chain of eikaiwa (English conversation schools) in Japancite web
url= http://www.nifsmbc.co.jp/english/ir/pdf/00003945.pdf
title= Acquisition Announcement
accessdate= 2007-03-21
publisher= NIF Ventures Co., Ltd
date= July 21, 2004 ] The company was founded in 1995cite web
url= http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyobusiness/387/tokyobusinessinc.htm
title= Leading the way
accessdate= 2007-03-21
publisher= Metropolis] and is headquartered in Meguro-ku in Tokyo with schools in the Tokyo, Chiba, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe areas.cite web
url=http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~aej80020/schoolhyouka_gaba.html
title= Eikaiwa Schools Gaba Man-to-Man Eikaiwa
accessdate= 2007-09-11
publisher= ODN Eikaiwa School Daimajin] The President & CEO is Chutatsu Aono.The company name "Gaba" is an acronym for "girls, be ambitious; boys, be audacious!".cite web
url= http://www.webcitation.org/5WfUBOqoe
title= Gaba coroprate website - company information
accessdate= 2008-03-27
publisher= Gaba corporation]

The company provides language lessons on a "one-to-one" (one student and one teacher) basis and using textbook lessons and online (computerized) instructor aids, language and vocabulary drills, and guided conversation topics. [ [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?capId=26445051 Business Week, Gaba Corporation Details Retrieved July 03, 2007] ]

Gaba is unique in the eikaiwa industry in that teachers are not classified as employees but as sub-contractors, or "itaku". This means that teachers do not receive the benefits afforded most language teachers in Japan - paid annual leave, transportation costs, and unemployment insurance.Fact|date=August 2008

On July 13, 2005, Gaba opened up a 'next generation' learning studio designed for women in Ginza. The new location provided VIP "executive booths" that afforded complete privacy for the teacher and the student. cite web
url= http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/komachi/news/mixnews/20050713ok02.htm
title= 女性向けの次世代型英会話スタジオ誕生
accessdate= 2007-03-21
publisher= Yomiuri Shimbun
language= Japanese]

In 2007, Gaba indicated it would miss projected earnings after new enrollments fell short of expectations by about 20%. The shortfall was attributed to an overall deterioration of the eikaiwa industry that stemmed from bad publicity surrounding government restrictions placed on Nova.cite web
url= http://www.webcitation.org/5R5PdGVOF
title= ＧＡＢＡ今期下方修正、入会者数、予想下回る――単独経常益５４％減
accessdate= 2007-08-15
publisher= Yomiuri Shimbun
date= June 7, 2007
language= Japanese]

References

ee also

* Teaching English as a foreign language
* Eikaiwa
* GEOS
* Aeon
* ECC
* Nova

External links

* [http://www.gaba.co.jp/ Official website] (in Japanese)

* [http://careers.gaba.co.jp/ Recruitment Website]

* http://gaba.generalunion.org/ General Union GABA Branch Website