Revoking permission for a new system management corporation to be used for university entrance examinations August 8 at 6:32

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has withdrawn permission from the general incorporated association to operate a new system that allows high school students to record what they have learned and the results of their club activities on a portal site for use in university entrance examinations.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is promoting the development of a system called "JAPAN e-Portfolio," which allows high school students to record what they have learned, the results of club activities, and other activities such as volunteering for college entrance examinations by having them recorded on a portal site. I came.

This system was entrusted to the "Education Information Management Organization" of the general incorporated association from last year, and was planned to be introduced in full scale from this year's entrance examination, but the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is in debt and financial stability Since it could not be expected and it will be difficult to operate the business in the future, it means that the operation permission was canceled on the 7th.

There are already concerns about the impact of this system, which is already used by approximately 180,000 students nationwide.