University entrance examination English private examination "should be postponed" 70% of high schools responded September 9 20:42
About 70% of high schools responded that “the implementation should be postponed” as a result of a survey conducted by an organization made up of high school principals on the English private examination of the “university entrance examination” starting in April next year. Has become clear. Experts point out that “the private examination has a lot of issues to be solved, such as securing opportunities for taking the exam and problems of economic disparity”.
In addition to the traditional mark sheet test, English for the “University Admission Test” starting in January next year will introduce an English language examination by a private business operator to measure the reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Will be.
This private exam will begin in April next year, but 30% of universities and colleges have not yet announced whether they will use it for pass / fail judgments, and anxiety is spreading among students and high school officials.
As a result of the questionnaire survey of 470 high schools nationwide made by the “National High School Principal Association” created by high school principals, 69.1% of high schools answered that the implementation should be postponed until the issue is resolved understood.
In addition, when I asked multiple answers about issues to be solved in order to conduct private examinations,
▽ The most common was economic disparity of 74.5%,
▽ Ensure exam fairness and fairness by 74.3%,
▽ The regional disparity was 70%.
By region, the Hokkaido / Tohoku region and the Kyushu / Okinawa region have many voices of concern that it is difficult to secure an examination venue and that the number of examinations that students can take is limited.
According to this survey, professor Katsuhiro Arai of Tohoku University, who is familiar with the university entrance examination system, revealed that there was persistent instability in the field. However, the private exam has many problems to be solved, such as securing examination opportunities and economic disparity. Should also be considered. "