News Saitama city uses AI to predict school refusal

[thomas]

More AI-related news today:


Toda City in Saitama Prefecture is experimenting with artificial intelligence to identify students at risk of school refusal. The education board hopes the system will help teachers provide early intervention for struggling pupils. School absenteeism has increased in Japan, with nearly 300,000 primary and junior high students missing class for at least 30 consecutive days in the last fiscal year. The AI system analyzes student data, including attendance records, academic performance, health information, and bullying reports. By identifying patterns linked to school refusal, the system aims to predict which students may be at risk and require additional support.

The system then makes predictions based on past data of students who stopped attending classes and shows how close a student is to the risk of chronic nonattendance. It color-codes the probability figures for each student, ranging from the highest "red" to "pink," "orange" and the lowest "yellow." During the trial run at 18 primary and junior high schools, the program concluded that a total of 1,193 students were at high risk. Based on the outcome, teachers judged that 265 of the total needed to receive priority in receiving assistance, taking into account their behavior and other factors, according to the education board. To deal with privacy concerns, the education board established rules to safeguard personal data and to prevent the AI-produced predictions from being used in any discriminatory treatment of students.

Japan city uses AI to find students at risk of school refusal

A Japanese city is exploring using artificial intelligence to address the challenging issue of school refusal, with student data analyzed to predict who may soon stop attending due to anxiety, bullying or other reasons.

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AI alerts Saitama teachers on students at risk of missing school | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

 

[johnnyG]

The government attributes this increase to a growing awareness that school attendance is not mandatory.

Really?

 

[thomas]

Haha, wishful thinking!

 

[dracuella]

I have to admit I'm always weary when it comes to children's private data and AI. I really do hope they keep tight security on access to it. GDPR first and foremost.

 

[Achilles 1-1]

That's crazy bruh. Ai? Push cmon