While the state of emergency due to the new coronavirus has been declared, the "University Admission Common Test", which started in place of the National Center Test for University Admissions, will be held on the 17th of the second day for science and mathematics tests.
This test, which will be the first common test for university admission, will be held for two days, 16th and 17th, and for two days, 30th and 31st of this month, due to the spread of infection. About 530,000 people have applied at the venue.
On the 16th of the first day, all the exams on the 16th were canceled due to the blizzard at the venue of "Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University" in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido, and 73 examinees were re-examined.
Also, in English listening, there were problems that were interrupted in various places, such as a power outage occurring during the test at the venue in Okinoshima Town, Shimane Prefecture, and a total of 163 examinees took the reopened test at 72 examination venues. is.
In addition, due to train delays, etc., the start of the examination for a total of 5 examinees at 3 venues has been postponed, and 2 people are subject to re-examination at 2 venues.
In the common test, the mark sheet method is maintained as the questioning method, but thinking ability and judgment ability have become more important, and in many of the subjects held on the 16th, the amount of question sentences and materials to be handled has increased, and problems The number of pages is also increasing.
On the 17th of the second day, science and math exams will be held.