2021 Volume 17 Issue 1 Pages 61-74
In 2020, the university entrance examinations of Japan, China and South Korea are entering a revolutionary transforming period. The new university entrance examinations reformation saw various prevention measures against COVID-19 being implemented. In this study, COVID-19 prevention measures for university entrance examinations taken by Japan, China and South Korea were studied and compared. Through comparison, it was found that Japan, China, and South Korea were either conducting or planning to conduct their national unified entrance examinations in spite of the corona virus pandemic. In China, examinations were postponed until July, one month behind usual, whereas for South Korea, examinations were postponed until December, behind by two weeks. Japan’s examinations were scheduled to be held in January, but the examination period has been extended. In this paper, the similarities and differences of measures taken by each country will be discussed under the perspectives of “ensuring fairness” and “determining relevant abilities”.
