The Ministry of Education carried out a survey of all Kumamoto public middle and high school English instructors to measure the number who have exceeded Eiken pre-1 level. This would include Eiken 1 as well as corresponding TOEIC and TOEFL scores. Good news, it turns out: 71.4% have, far surpassing the national average of 57.3%.
Also noted was that 100% of 3rd year high school students in English-focused courses had language skills exceeding the Eiken pre-2 level or its equivalent, compared to a national average of 87.2%; conversely, only 30.1% of those in general courses had achieved the same, slightly below the national average of 33.8%.
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