With the postponement of the introduction of the English private exam for the common test for university admission, the Japan Association of National Universities has postponed the guideline operation to impose the English private exam on all examinees at the general meeting held in Kumamoto City, and national universities nationwide will individually by the 29th. We have decided to announce the response to the entrance examination on our website.

 According to the National University Association, in 2018, the English private examination was imposed on all examinees, and the guidelines for utilization were published in accordance with the basic policy of utilizing the results for admissions selection, but the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the English private examination. In response to the postponement of the introduction, an urgent resolution was adopted to postpone the operation of the guidelines for the time being.Although there were calls for a review of the guidelines, the company said it would not adopt it at this time and will respond while watching the discussions at the new system review meeting set up by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

 The 86 national universities that make up the Japan Association of National Universities will announce whether or not to use the results of the English private examinations that the examinees have taken independently for application qualifications and pass / fail judgments by announcing the correspondence in individual entrance examinations.It is up to each university to decide how far to make the announcement.

 According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's summary, only a little less than 6% of universities and junior colleges said that they would use the national grade provision system to utilize the English private exam, but the national university reached 95%.

 Tohoku University and Hokkaido University have announced a policy not to utilize it because of the economic situation of the family and the difference in the place of residence, but the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University use it to judge the application qualification, and the University of Tsukuba and Mie University use the point addition method. It showed a policy to adopt.

reference:[The Japan Association of National Universities] Held the 2nd Ordinary General Assembly

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