As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads, the first half of the second examination of national and public universities began on the 25th.
The first semester schedule is held at 169 national and public universities nationwide. Of these, at the University of Tokyo in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, the examinees are in front of the gate while police officers are closely guarding in response to the incident in which the examinees were cut off last month. When we got together and opened the gate before 8 am, which was earlier than planned, we went to the examination venue one after another, showing the paper with the body temperature along with the admission ticket.
A high school boy from Kyoto said, "I couldn't participate in the school festival or school trip because I had symptoms that made me suspicious of the new corona, but I've been supporting each other in the class, so I want to do my best." I was talking.
A high school boy in Miyagi prefecture said, "The common test was difficult and didn't work, but I think it's the same around me, so I'll do my best. I've been aiming for this university since I was in the first year of high school, so I want to demonstrate the culmination of three years." I was talking.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the number of applicants for the second examination is 428,657 in the first half, middle and second semesters, and
the average application rate is
▽ national universities are just four times higher than last year,
▽ public universities .
Was 5.7 times, 0.2 points lower, and
▽ overall was 4.3 times, the same as last year.
The announcement of the results of the first semester will be made from the 1st of next month for public universities and the 6th of next month for national universities.
22 people taking the 17 university entrance exams are eligible for the special corona measures
In this year's university entrance examination, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology made an unusual request to each university to make a pass / fail judgment in an individual entrance examination for students who could not take the "common test for university admission" due to the influence of the new coronavirus. I did.
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the target of this special measure was a total of 22 people who took the exams at 17 universities.