Postponement of nationwide achievement test for "2 million people" Concerns about the spread of the virus (20/03/16)- Easy News

“200万人”全国学力テスト延期へ　感染拡大を懸念(20/03/16)

Postponement of nationwide achievement test for "2 million people" Concerns about the spread of the virus (20/03/16)

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全国の小学6年生と中学3年生の全員、約200万人を対象とした全国学力テストは来月16日に実施する予定でしたが、
The National Achievement Test is scheduled to take place on the 16th next month, with an audience of approximately 2 million students in grades 6 of elementary school to grades 3 of junior high school nationwide,
新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を防ぐために延期するということです。
but to prevent the new corona virus from breaking out, it has been postponed.
いつ実施するかはまだ決まっていません。
There is no decision about when to hold this exam.
あす萩生田文部科学大臣が正式に発表する見通しです。
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagiuda is expected to have an official speech tomorrow.
全国学力テストは学力や学習状況を調査するため全国約3万の小中学校で基本、国語と算数・数学の試験を毎年、実施しています。
The National Achievement Test is held annually at approximately 30,000 primary and secondary schools across the country to investigate achievement and academic status, with basic tests in literature math and arithmetic.

全国の小学6年生と中学3年生の全員、約200万人を対象とした全国学力テストは来月16日に実施する予定でしたが、

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

予定

Plans, arrangement, schedule, program, programme, expectation, estimate

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

実施

Enforcement, implementation, putting into practice, carrying out, operation, working (e.g. working parameters), enactment

全員

All members (unanimity), all hands, the whole crew, everyone, everybody

全国

Countrywide, nationwide, whole country, national

対象

Target, object (of worship, study, etc.), subject (of taxation, etc.)

中学

Middle school, junior high school

学力

Scholarly ability, scholarship, knowledge, literary ability

人

Person

テスト

Test

万

Many, all

来月

Next month

年生

Pupil in ... year, student in ... year

小学

Elementary school, primary school, grade school
新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を防ぐために延期するということです。

防ぐ

To defend (against), to protect, to prevent

延期

Postponement, adjournment

拡大

Magnification, enlargement, expansion, amplification

感染

Infection, contagion

ウイルス

Virus; viral

新型

New type, new style, new model, new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

コロナ

corona
いつ実施するかはまだ決まっていません。

実施

Enforcement, implementation, putting into practice, carrying out, operation, working (e.g. working parameters), enactment

決まる

To be decided, to be settled; to look good in (clothes)
あす萩生田文部科学大臣が正式に発表する見通しです。

科学

Science

発表

Announcement, publication, presenting, statement, communique, making known, breaking (news story), expressing (one''s opinion), releasing, unveiling

正式

Due form, official, formality

大臣

Cabinet minister

見通し

Unobstructed view, perspective, visibility, vista; forecast, outlook, prospect, prediction; insight, foresight

文部

Ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology
全国学力テストは学力や学習状況を調査するため全国約3万の小中学校で基本、国語と算数・数学の試験を毎年、実施しています。

試験

Examination, test, study, trial, experiment

数学

Mathematics, arithmetic

約

Approximately, about; promise; shortening, reduction, simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

学習

Study, learning, tutorial

基本

Foundation, basis, standard

国語

National language; japanese language (often as a school subject in japan); native japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

実施

Enforcement, implementation, putting into practice, carrying out, operation, working (e.g. working parameters), enactment

状況

State of affairs (around you), situation, circumstances

全国

Countrywide, nationwide, whole country, national

調査

Investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey

学力

Scholarly ability, scholarship, knowledge, literary ability

算数

Arithmetic

テスト

Test

毎年

Every year, yearly, annually

万

Many, all

小中学校

elementary and middle schools