The Council of Experts of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, which has been discussing the ideal way of university entrance exams, has decided to eliminate regional and economic disparities and to be fair regarding the utilization of English private exams and the introduction of descriptive questions in common university entrance exams after 2025. We have compiled a proposal that concludes that it is difficult to realize the scoring system because it is difficult to secure it, and submitted it to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagita.


The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will officially decide to abandon the introduction in the summer.

Regarding the university entrance examination that started this year, it was planned to introduce the use of English private examinations and descriptive questions in Japanese and mathematics as pillars of entrance examination reform, but it was introduced one after another due to the inadequacy of the system. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has set up a meeting of experts to consider whether or not it can be introduced in university entrance examinations after 2025.



Then, the results of the discussions so far were summarized as a proposal, and on the 8th, Professor Emeritus Yoshinao Mishima of Tokyo Institute of Technology submitted it to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagita.



The proposal points out that the number of venues, examination fees, and consideration for students with disabilities differ depending on the examination, and that it is insufficient to deal with disparities due to geographical and economic circumstances. ..



Regarding descriptive questions, he concluded that it would be difficult to realize any of the introductions, saying that the issue of ensuring a fair scoring system could not be overcome while more than 500,000 people took the exam.



Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagita, who received the proposal, said, "I would like to take appropriate measures to create an environment where the people are satisfied and the examinees can take on the challenge fairly."



The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will officially decide to abandon the introduction in the summer.