Benesse Corporation's private English test "GTEC", which can be used to measure the four skills of English in the common test for university admission starting in 2020, found that it did not consider stutterers. The Liaison Council requested the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to respond in writing.
According to the National Association of Words and Friends Liaison Council, the document attached two written opinions of Assistant Professor Yoshikazu Kikuchi of Kyushu University Hospital and Mr. Daichi Iimura, a speech therapist, to the request form of President Hideo Tachikawa.
Among them, the National Association of Words and Friends Liaison Council recently confirmed a case in Fukuoka Prefecture where high school students were forced to take the GTEC exam. When he contacted Benesse, he said, "There is no consideration for the stuttering award."
The English private exams available for the Common Test for University Admissions are subject to public announcement of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.Nevertheless, the National Association of Words and Friends Liaison Council strongly protested that high school students who stuttered were not given sufficient consideration and consideration.
As a measure to prevent stutterers from being disadvantaged in college entrance exams, Assistant Professor Kikuchi is requesting the introduction of a method of exempting speech if there is a medical certificate, and Mr. Iimura is requesting that stuttering be taken into consideration in the evaluation.
