In the past, the retest was postponed for a week.What are the remedies that are appreciated by the examinees?

Eleven years ago, the new influenza epidemic occurred in XNUMX.At that time, the National Center for University Entrance Examinations extended the re-examination of the National Center for University Entrance Examinations by one week from the initial schedule on January XNUMXth (Sat) and XNUMXst (Sun), and expanded the examination venues to XNUMX venues nationwide.The number of examinees at this time was estimated to be XNUMX.The number of test takers was actually only XNUMX, but it will be very difficult to predict whether the number of test takers will increase or the number of test takers will be small.In any case, it is important for the university to prepare for the examinees in anticipation of such a situation.If the university is ready, the burden on the examinees will be reduced to some extent.

What else can you think of as the university can start preparations from now on?

① Preparation for additional exam

Candidates can rest assured that additional exams are planned for individual university exams as well as common tests. It would be nice to have a system that allows you to transfer the February entrance exam to the March entrance exam, but it is very safe to have more backups of them.It is a heavy burden for universities, but if we can start from now on, some universities will be able to carry out additional exams by creating a new type of question as a unified entrance exam for all faculties.

In some cases, it may be possible to use the past questions of the university.However, at difficult universities such as Tokyo University and Kyoto University, past questions for the past XNUMX years or more have been circulating, so this method cannot be taken.However, at mid-sized universities, there are not many examinees who can solve the past questions for XNUMX years. If you use the questions from your university XNUMX years ago, the feasibility of the follow-up exam will increase.In this case, the questions are based on the old curriculum, not the current curriculum, so it is necessary to check the contents of the questions before using, especially in mathematics and science.

In addition, it may be one way for small universities with limited questioning staff to share their subjects and ask questions for shared use.Some universities refund the examination fee without conducting a supplementary examination, but it is the psychology of the examinees that they want a chance to take the examination if possible.

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Satoru Kobe (educational journalist)

Education Journalist/University Entrance Examination Writer/Researcher
After joining Kawaijuku Educational School in 1985, he has been engaged in collecting and disseminating university entrance examination information for over XNUMX years, and is also in charge of editing the monthly magazine "Guideline".
After retiring from Kawaijuku in 2007, he has been engaged in entrance examination work such as pass / fail judgment and entrance examination system design at a university in Tokyo, and is also in charge of student recruitment and public relations work.
After retiring from university in 2015, he worked as a writer and editor for Asahi Shimbun Publishing's "University Ranking" and Kawaijuku's "Guideline", and also contributed to Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Mainichi Newspapers.After that, he worked for a national research and development agency, and since 2016 has been consulting to support various issues at universities. KEI Advanced (Kawaijuku Group) conducts simulations and market trend surveys using entrance examination data, as well as formulating future concepts and medium-term plans, establishing new faculties, and supporting the design of entrance examination systems.
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