Japan's Shiga Pref. to let students on periods catch up HS entrance exams December 27, 2023 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version (Getty Images) OTSU -- Students who are on their periods during prefectural high school entrance exams can take make up tests starting spring 2024, a top education official in west Japan's Shiga Prefecture has announced. Tadakatsu Fukunaga ブランドコピーバッグ  superintendent of education for Shiga Prefecture ブランド服コピー  unveiled the plan during a regular press conference on Dec. 25. According to the Shiga Prefectural Board of Education ブランドコピー時計  students who were unable to take entrance exams for "compelling reasons" such as illness or accidents have been allowed to take exams in a separate room or sit make-up tests since spring 2020 スーパーコピー  on condition that their junior high school principals submit doctor's certificates and other documents. The education board heretofore had not made it clear whether the rule would be applied to students feeling unwell due to menstruation. The board said it had so far received no applications for tests in separate rooms or make-up exams from such students. In a nationwide survey conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun in September 時計コピー  the Shiga Prefectural Government withheld from answering whether it would allow students on periods to sit make-up exams. However, the prefectural government apparently clarified its stance after the education ministry on Dec. 19 cited "a feeling of unwellness such as symptoms accompanying periods" as one of the reasons permitting make-up tests in a notice issued to local authorities around the country. (Japanese original by Akira Kitade, Otsu Bureau) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles Japan education ministry to allow students on periods to take make-up entrance tests