At the University of Tokyo, relief measures such as supplementary exams for regular exams were taken for first- and second-year students infected with the new corona, but it was discontinued last month, and as the seventh wave spreads, students say it is unfair. The voice is rising.
In the first semester of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Tokyo, where first and second year students belong, we have taken measures such as make-up exams for students who cannot take regular exams due to the influence of the new corona, but it was discontinued last month.
For this reason, students who were not able to take the exam will not have the opportunity to submit a make-up exam or submit a report, as before, and even if there is a make-up exam, the upper limit of the score will be limited to 75% of the main exam.
Regarding this, Kyohei Hasegawa, a second-year student at the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the University of Tokyo and president of the student union, held a press conference on the 4th and appealed that the discontinuation was unfair.
According to a survey by the residents' association, there are students who are unable to take exams due to the lack of relief measures and cannot proceed to the desired department from the third year, and students who are considering repeating a year or voluntarily dropping out.
Hasegawa said, "It's a very unreasonable and serious problem to be forced to suffer the disadvantages of being infected with the coronavirus. As the seventh wave spreads, universities have created a situation where students are forced to go to school. I have doubts that there is," he said.
Sodai Sugiura, a second-year student at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo, said that he was unable to take a make-up class when he missed a class due to the new coronavirus, and that he had decided to repeat a year later. In addition to the financial loss of having to continue to pay, graduation is delayed by one year, and I am suffering a serious loss that will affect my life.I hope that the university will respond sincerely to solve the problem. I was talking to
Regarding the relief measures, the University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences said, ``There was a major issue in ensuring fairness in grades in that students who made false applications could secure more study time and take additional exams. However, we decided to abolish it because it was necessary to maintain consistency even if the exam was absent due to illness or accident other than the new corona."