University loses subsidy for unfair treatment of applicants

The Japanese education ministry said on Tuesday it will not provide any subsidies to Tokyo Medical University for this or the next fiscal year after the institution was found to have discriminated against female applicants in its entrance examinations, reports Kyodo.

The ministry said the decision is based on the indictment last year of university leaders over the backdoor admission of a bureaucrat’s son in exchange for a government subsidy. Seven other universities that were similarly found to have manipulated their entrance exams will also have state subsidies reduced, according to the ministry.

Tokyo Medical University admitted in August it had been deducting points from exam scores for over 10 years to curb the enrolment of women, as well as men who had failed the exam previously. The unfair treatment was described as being aimed at preventing a shortage of doctors at affiliated hospitals, in the belief that women tend to resign or take long periods of leave after getting married or giving birth.
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