Allegations have emerged that questions on the Common Test for University Admissions were leaked to outside parties during the unified university entrance exam that nearly 500,000 people took. The facts must be clarified as soon as possible and thorough steps taken to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.
On the test for World History B, which was conducted on the morning of Jan. 15 -- the first day of the two-day exam -- images of test papers were sent to University of Tokyo students via the internet during the test. The university students solved the questions and send the answers back, also while the test was underway.
The sender of the images identified themselves as a second-year female high school student, and had made contact with the university students through a website for finding tutors. The two students told The Yomiuri Shimbun that they did not realize the questions were from the unified entrance exam when they send back the answers.
