The average correct answer rates in the Japanese language and math sections of a national achievement test for students in Japan in fiscal 2025 fell from the previous year, the education ministry said Monday. The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% among elementary school sixth-graders. Among junior high school third-graders, the rate sagged to 54.6% from 58.4%, the lowest level since the current question format was introduced in fiscal 2019. They struggled with writing tasks in particular. For the math section, the rate slid to 58.2% from 63.6% among elementary school sixth-graders and to 48.8% from 53.0% among junior high school third-graders.