Reps. of universities vow to restore exam credibility

Reps. of universities vow to restore exam credibility

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto University President Hiroshi Matsumoto is surrounded by media members after attending a general conference of the Japan Association of National Universities in Tokyo on March 2, 2011. The association adopted a declaration to do its best to preserve the credibility of entrance examinations after a mobile phone was used to seek answers to entrance exams for Kyoto University and other prominent universities on the Internet.

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