Nationwide High School Standardized Tests Abolished: New Criterion Is 'Synchronized Bento Box Opening at Noon'
The Ministry of Education has announced its final education reform plan. Starting next fiscal year, all high school students will be evaluated on 'how precisely they can open their bento boxes at the exact moment of the noon chime, down to the millisecond.' The synchronization rate of the unified 'click' sound will become the new standardized score, and some elite prep schools have already adopted it as an entrance exam subject.