初の共通テスト始まる　新型コロナ下、５３万人志願

　大学入試センター試験に代わる初めての大学入学共通テストが１６日、全国で始まった。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大で、１１都府県に緊急事態宣言が再発令される異例の事態の下、５３万人の志願者が試験に臨んだ。
　２日間の日程で、１６日は地理歴史・公民と国語、外国語（英語のリスニングを含む）、１７日に数学と理科の試験が行われる。
　大学入試センターによると、６８１カ所の試験場のうち、７３人が受験予定だった北海道稚内市の稚内北星学園大は、暴風雪警報が出たため再試験を決定。一日の全教科が再試験となったのは、センター試験などを通じて初めて。（2021/01/16-13:08）

Japan's new unified university entrance examinations began at 681 venues nationwide on Saturday, with some 530,000 applicants taking the test despite a coronavirus state of emergency covering 11 prefectures.
   In the two-day exam, which replaces the National Center Test for University Admissions, the subjects of Japanese, foreign languages including English listening, and geography, history and civics will be covered on the first day, while mathematics and science will be covered on the second day on Sunday.
   According to the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, the exam for 73 applicants at Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University in Wakkanai in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido will be postponed due to a blizzard warning.
   It is the first time that a full day of university entrance tests have been called off due to weather issues.
   At the venues, infection prevention measures were implemented, such as requiring all test-takers to wear face masks and disinfect their hands.