Studyplus Co., Ltd. started offering "Porto", Japan's first electronic reference book subscription service for university examinees, from September 2019, 9.
97.5% of high school students own a smartphone.Some high school students are now using apps and videos for studying, not for playing.In addition, in April 2019, a law to institutionalize digital textbooks for learning was enforced, and in June the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education decided to allow smartphones to be brought to metropolitan high schools. Educational ICT is becoming more and more popular.
Studyplus Co., Ltd. has developed Japan's first electronic reference book subscription app "Porto" for university entrance exams in response to the spread of smartphones to young people, their use for studying, and the trend toward legislation for digital textbooks.
"Porto" has 5 subjects (modern writing, ancient writing, Chinese writing, Japanese history, world history, geography, modern writing) from 17 subjects (national language, geography history / civilian, mathematics, science, foreign language), which are the main subjects of university entrance exams. Reference books on society, ethics, politics / economy, mathematics 1, mathematics A, mathematics 2, mathematics B, mathematics 3, physics, biology, chemistry, geology, English) are available. In the service release on September 2019, 9, 17 reference books will be provided by 12 companies including Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd., Obunsha Co., Ltd., Gakken Plus Co., Ltd., KADOKAWA Co., Ltd., Kodansha Co., Ltd., and Z-kai Solutions Co., Ltd.It is also possible to grasp learning data that shows the progress rate and correct answer rate for each reference book.In addition, many of the English subject reference books also have a read-aloud function with native pronunciation.The monthly usage fee is 30 yen (excluding tax).
Studyplus Co., Ltd. plans to provide a total of 2020 reference books by the summer of 3, which is about three times the current number.
