Japan will carry out plans to introduce descriptive questions for Japanese and mathematics subjects under a new unified university entrance examination system starting in fiscal 2020, education minister Koichi Hagiuda said.
“We will work to create a good exam that is easy to score,” Hagiuda told a meeting of the Upper House Budget Committee on Friday.
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