The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Council of Experts, who has been studying the ideal way of university entrance exams, has abandoned the introduction of descriptive questions in the common test for university entrance exams and the use of English private exams, and made a proposal requesting that each university respond to individual entrance exams. It was submitted to Koichi Hagiuda, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.The Ministry of Education is expected to officially give up in the near future.

 According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the recommendation is that there are still issues such as securing high-quality graders for descriptive questions in Japanese and mathematics, and it is difficult to carry out in the university entrance examination, and those who give more advanced questions in individual entrance examinations. Was desirable.

 Regarding the use of English private trials, he mentioned that the private trials were being canceled one after another due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the problem of the mechanism of being overly dependent on external trials became clear.Furthermore, he pointed out that the correction of the geographical disparity among the examinees, which had been pointed out so far, has not been resolved, indicating that it is difficult to realize.

 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has positioned the introduction of descriptive questions and the use of private English exams as pillars of university entrance exam reform, and was planning to start the common test for university entrance exams in January. I decided to see him off.

 At the meeting of experts, we were discussing what to do after the Common Test for University Admissions in January 2025, but we agreed that there was no prospect of solving the problem.The result was just swinging around the examinees, high school, and university, and the proposal added the phrase, "I request that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology take the influence on the examinees seriously."

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Recommendations of the Review Conference on the Ideal Way of University Entrance Examinations

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