The University of Japan admits judicial fraud to favor children of former students | Education

The fraud was discovered as a result of a survey by the Department of Education, which investigated 81 educational institutions.

In Nihon, eight students admitted in 2017 and 2018 were selected on the waiting list instead of ten who performed well in the general tests.

"We preferred some applicants whose parents graduated from our school, believing that they were more likely to enroll and contribute to the continuity of medical institutions affiliated with the school. university, "said Tadatoshi Takayama, director of the school. Nihon University, officials involved in the admission process said that in the past two years, they had favored ten applicants whose parents had graduated from the same medical school, ignoring the results. admission tests.

"We would like to express our sincere apologies to all the candidates, to the students currently attending our school and to the rest of society," Takayama said.

"As emphasized by the Ministry of Education, we have had inappropriate cases and lost confidence in our practices," he added.

The university said it would now give a second chance to candidates who have already been rejected if they still wish to enter the faculty of medicine.

The institution also said that it would clarify the process of selecting waiting lists from next year, but it still has not decided whether it investigate more practices from previous years. However, he admitted that the same practice was repeated in 2016, giving priority to eight students.

The Nihon University is the new institution accused of manipulating the results of admission exams.

Since the month of August, when it was proved that the Tokyo Medical University was defrauding the ranks of the candidates in order to reduce their participation in medical courses, the Ministry of Health and Human Rights Education had begun to investigate the country's selective processes.

The vestibular examinations of 81 faculties of medicine were badyzed. Those who admitted unfair treatment included Tokyo's Showa University, Fukuoka University, and Kobe University.