Activity report
JAOS Seminar‘EIKEN for Overseas Study’ – Sponsored by Japan EIKEN Council on Study Abroad (JECSA)
August 25, 2007
At Arcadia Ichigaya in Tokyo
The Japan EIKEN Council on Study Abroad (JECSA) sponsored a seminar titled ‘Eiken for Overseas Study.’ This special event was exclusively limited to JAOS members and JAOS certified counselors. This study session detailed how the EIKEN can now be used instead of TOEFL to certify students’ English abilities for entrance into overseas universities. Within two years of passing an EIKEN examination, students are now able to receive EIKEN certification as well as English versions of their certified test results at the EIKEN Study Abroad Information Center. EIKEN examinations are utilized on a wide scale in Japan, taken by 2.5 million people (80% of which are junior high school, senior high school, and college students) annually from 16,000 institutions at 400 domestic and 40 overseas testing locations. JAOS is very pleased that this new development will make it easier for many people to take part in overseas studies.