A welfare ministry panel has proposed a so-called partial pass program for the certified care worker examination, to expand test-taking opportunities for working people amid a shortage of nursing care workers, it has been learned.
Under the program, those who failed in the national exam but received passing scores for certain sections of the test will be exempted from retaking those sections in future exams.
The ministry plans to introduce the program from the test for fiscal 2025 at the earliest.