Nova officially taken over
It was announced today that preparatory school operator G.education has taken over the Nova English school chain which filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month. Hopefully this will enable some of the staff (particularly the foreign workers) to stay in Japan despite not being paid since the end of September. Since so many students prepaid [...]
Nova files for bankrupcy
Nova, the English school that I worked for for about 18 months filed for bankrupcy protection late last week. After late payment of wages in September and failed payment (so far) in October, the president, Saruhashi, was fired and replaced. For months Nova has been heading downhill financially, primairly after a ruling from the Ministry [...]