NAHA, Aug 04 (News On Japan) –
The Ministry of Education has launched the outcomes of the 2025 National Academic Achievement Test, revealing that elementary and junior highschool college students in Okinawa scored beneath the nationwide common in all topics.
The take a look at, performed in April 2025, focused sixth-grade elementary college students and third-year junior highschool college students, with roughly 29,000 college students collaborating throughout Okinawa.
In all three examined topics—Japanese, arithmetic or arithmetic, and science—college students at each the elementary and junior excessive ranges failed to satisfy the nationwide common. Notably, junior highschool college students scored simply 38% in arithmetic, falling 10.3 factors beneath the nationwide common.
In science, a brand new digital testing methodology was launched on the junior highschool stage. While Okinawa’s absolute scores remained low, efficiency was deemed on par with the nationwide common when evaluated below the brand new evaluation standards.
A separate survey on studying attitudes confirmed that solely 27.8% of elementary college students and 25% of junior highschool college students stated they “think and tackle class assignments on their own,” suggesting low ranges of educational engagement.
Okinawa’s Superintendent of Education, Mitsuru Hanmine, commented, “We will work to better understand and analyze the issues facing our students and support efforts to improve instruction through training for faculty and staff.”
Source: 沖縄ニュースOTV