A student at the University of Tokyo who was infected with the new coronavirus and was absent from classes was not allowed to take supplementary classes and was forced to repeat a year. was brought to the Tokyo District Court.
The appeal was filed by Sodai Sugiura (20), a second-year student at the University of Tokyo, who was infected with the new corona in May and had symptoms such as high fever, so he was absent from the compulsory class.
However, he was not allowed to take supplementary classes, and the next month, he decided not to accept credits and decided to repeat a year. It's illegal," and asked the university to cancel the repeated grades.
Mr. Sugiura, who belongs to the 3rd class of science, said that he wanted to go on to medical school, saying, "I want to help people who are suffering from infectious diseases and other illnesses, but at this rate I will be late to become a doctor. There are other students who are suffering from serious disadvantages due to the corona infection, so I hope that my voice will be an opportunity for the university to reconsider its unfair treatment."
The University of Tokyo said, "Since the complaint has not arrived, we will refrain from making any specific comments at this time."