Panel urges schools to adopt absolute evaluation criteria+

Panel urges schools to adopt absolute evaluation criteria+

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Kimura (L), head of the advisory Curriculum Council, submits a report to Education Minister Tadamori Oshima on Dec. 4 proposing that elementary and junior high schools scrap relative rankings of students' academic achievements and instead adopt absolute criteria for evaluation. Acceptance of the proposal would mark the first radical change in Japan's postwar schooling system.

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