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.The city education board of Toda in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo trialed an AI system in the year through March, hoping to provide teachers with a tool to identify and support struggling students.The number of primary and junior high school students not attending school for 30 days or longer has consistently risen in Japan over the past decade, with the figure for fiscal 202…READ FULL ARTICLE