Gaba Corp., a Tokyo-based English-language school chain, said Friday it has begun accepting Nova lesson tickets from students left in the lurch by the sudden closure of their schools.

Nova Corp., Japan's largest language school chain, filed for court protection from creditors last week and closed all its branches.

Nova students with tickets good from Oct. 26 or later will be able to redeem them at a rate of 10-to-1 for lessons at Gaba until Dec. 28.