Number of junior high school applicants in the metropolitan area “highest ever” Entrance exams begin in Tokyo and Kanagawa. Many children miss elementary school to study for the entrance exam.
About half of students are absent on the second day of the entrance exams. Some students even start their own businesses while in school.. Expanding various entrance examination methods to develop abilities that are not based solely on scores.. The number of children who graduated from public schools in Tokyo last year who went on to private junior high schools exceeded 20% or 40%.