"University Admissions Common Test" As scheduled, implemented from January 16th next year Adjusted on June 11th 2:39
According to interviews with related parties, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is preparing to carry out the two-day schedule starting from January 16 of next year as scheduled for the "University Admissions Common Test" that will begin in place of the Center Exam next year. It was. It will be discussed at a council with participants from universities and high schools starting on the 11th, and will be finalized within this month.
The University Entrance Examination Center Exam, which is taken by more than 500,000 people every year, will be replaced by the new University Entrance Examination from next year.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced this January that it will be conducted on January 16th and 17th next year on a two-day schedule. Since the school was closed for a certain period of time, many people were concerned about the schedule.
Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is arranging to carry out the new common test on schedule from January 16 next year on a two-day schedule.
It will be discussed at a council with participants from universities and high schools starting on the 11th, and will be finalized within this month.
Also, if the new coronavirus infection spreads and learning is delayed, postponement of the schedule will be considered.
Regarding the common test, both the private examination of English and the descriptive question of national language and mathematics, which were originally planned to be introduced, are postponed.
Common test event and voice from the field
A university entrance common test that started in 1990 and will start next year instead of the center examination that more than 500,000 people take every year. Initially, the descriptive formula that was considered to be introduced was forgotten, and the mark sheet method remains the same, but the emphasis is on thinking and judgment.
It was announced that the schedule will be held on January 16 and 17 of next year, but due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it was possible to implement it on schedule as long as it was closed for a long time at high schools nationwide Opinions have come one after another.
There are some voices from high school sites calling for postponement of the common test because they are concerned that the progress of learning may differ due to school closures.
Kyosuke Nagata, chairman of the National University Association, which is made up of 86 national universities across Japan, told a reporter on the 18th of last month, ``The examinations conducted by the University Entrance Examination Center are conducted more than individual examinations because the examinees do not move across prefectures. It is easy to do,” and said that he should take appropriate measures and then consider.
On the other hand, from private universities, which account for 80% of the students, President Akira Haseyama of Keio University, who serves as the chairman of the Federation of Private Universities of Japan, said, ``Because there is a delay in the study of the examinees, I think it is unfair and the entrance examination is one. By delaying the month, on the contrary, another disparity will be created among the examinees.It is possible that if you shift only the common test it will overlap with the entrance examination of each university,'' he said, showing a cautious attitude to postpone the common test. It was