Second Annual TOEFL(R) Scholarship Program Awards US$40,000 to…

TOKYO, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

On July 20, five Japanese students will each be awarded approximately
US$8,000 scholarships from Educational Testing Service (http://www.ets.org )’s
TOEFL(R) Scholarship Program. These scholarships allow the students to continue
their education at the undergraduate or graduate level. This is the second
consecutive year that ETS has recognized the academic excellence of Japanese
TOEFL test takers.

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The details of the 2012 TOEFL Scholarship Award Ceremony are as follows:

What: 2012 TOEFL Scholarship Award Ceremony & Press Conference

When: Friday, July 20, 2012, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Media registration begins at noon

Where: The Capitol Hotel Tokyu, Tokyo, Japan
2-10-3, Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

About the TOEFL Test

The TOEFL (http://www.ets.org/toefl ) test is the most widely accepted
English-language assessment in the world, recognized by more than 8,500
colleges, universities, and agencies in more than 130 countries. Globally, the
TOEFL test is available at more than 4,500 testing sites in more than 165
countries. To date, more than 27 million students around the world have taken
the TOEFL test.

About ETS

At ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by
creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS serves individuals,
educational institutions and government agencies by providing customized
solutions for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary,
secondary and post-secondary education, as well as conducting education
research, analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS
develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually –
including the TOEFLand TOEIC(R) tests, the GRE(R) tests and The Praxis
Series(TM) assessments – in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations
worldwide. http://www.ets.org

SOURCE: Educational Testing Service

CONTACT: Japan Contact: Suguru KAGEYAMA, 81-3-5778-9738, koho@cieej.or.jp;
or U.S. Contact: Becky Powell, +1-609-683-2092, mediacontacts@ets.org.

More Information: Members of the media interested in attending the 2012
TOEFL Scholarship Award Ceremony & Press Conference should contact Suguru
KAGEYAMA by phone at 81-3-5778-9738 or via email at koho@cieej.or.jp