The upper limit on the percentage of high school students admitted to national universities based on recommendation and those enrolled through admission offices is to be extended from 30 percent to 50 percent, according to the Association of National Universities.
The new quota system will apply to students entering university from the 2008 academic year.
Some national universities, especially in the departments of technology in universities outside the major urban centers, are suffering from a decrease in the number of applicants because of the falling birthrate, prompting some members of the association to call for the upper limit on the percentage of those admitted by recommendation and through admissions offices to be raised.
The recommendation system selects candidates through their school records and interviews based on the recommendation of their high school. Admissions offices assess candidates on their motivation and personality and screen them through interviews, group discussion and other records.
The Education Ministry, now reorganized as the Education, Science and Technology Ministry, limited the proportion of university entrants on recommendation to 30 percent in public and private universities in 1995. The association followed suit in national universities the following year and maintained the same quota after 2000, when the ministry extended its proportion to 50 percent.
(Nov. 10, 2006)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20061110TDY03001.htm
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