TOKYO, Dec 10 (News On Japan) –
The variety of candidates for subsequent January’s nationwide college entrance frequent check has reached 496,237, the National Center for University Entrance Examinations introduced on December ninth, with the determine rising by 1,066 from the earlier 12 months as purposes moved to a principally on-line system that enables college students to use instantly with out going via their faculties.
According to the Center, the breakdown reveals 420,311 present high-school college students, down 5,657 from the earlier 12 months, 71,310 graduates, up 6,336, and 4,616 candidates categorized as “other,” together with those that accomplished education overseas, a rise of 387.
From this 12 months, software procedures have shifted in precept to a web-based format, requiring every applicant to enter the mandatory data on a devoted web site arrange by the Center, pay the examination charge, print their very own admission slip, and produce it to the check web site.
Previously, purposes have been submitted by postal mail, with many excessive faculties compiling and sending the paperwork on behalf of scholars, however the brand new system permits candidates to register and make corrections individually, easing the verification and administrative burden on lecturers.
A complete of 813 establishments nationwide — together with universities, junior faculties, and vocational faculties — will use the Common Test, which is scheduled to happen on January seventeenth and 18th subsequent 12 months.
Source: TBS