TOKYO: A Tokyo medical university that altered entrance exam results to exclude women said on Wednesday (Nov 7) it would offer places to dozens of…
TOKYO: A Tokyo medical university that altered entrance exam results to exclude women said on Wednesday (Nov 7) it would offer places to dozens of applicants unfairly denied.
The institution’s president said it would contact a total of 101 applicants — including 67 women — who took the exam in the past two years and who had their places rejected.
In a scandal that hit headlines worldwide, Tokyo Medical University admitted routinely changing the scores of female applicants to keep them out — as well as those of male candidates who had already failed three times.
«We deeply apologise to the applicants at the time,» president Yukiko Hayashi told reporters.
«We should never discriminate», she said, adding there are «many female doctors who are doing a wonderful job.»
The 101 applicants would be contacted to see if they are still interested in a place in April 2019. However, there are only a maximum of 63 actual spots available due to quotas, said Hayashi.
