POLICY STATEMENT

The Ministry of Education will fund the delivery by Boards of Education of a locally developed GED preparation course for adult students preparing to write the GED tests.

RATIONALE

The GED credential is an international document accepted by many employers and post-secondary institutions as evidence of a basic level of education. Although the GED credential does not use Ministry of Education curriculum, it meets the needs of some learners who are not working towards the B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) or the B.C. Adult Graduation Diploma (Adult Dogwood).

LEGISLATION/ REGULATIONS

See Ministerial Order 524/95, the General Educational Development Testing Service Fees Order

POLICY

The Ministry of Education will fund the delivery by Boards of Education of a locally developed GED preparation course for adult students preparing to write the GED tests. For those students wanting to pursue academic upgrading, please refer to the adult graduation program website for more information. Funding for a GED preparation course will be subject to the Adult Funding Policy. The Ministry of Education does not fund students to write the GED tests. The GED preparation course cannot be used for credit for either the B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) or the B.C. Adult Graduation Diploma (Adult Dogwood). The Ministry of Education will only fund the locally developed GED preparation course as one course, not as five courses for each subject area of the GED. The Ministry of Education will not fund school-aged students to enroll in a GED preparation course.

PROCEDURES

The Ministry of Education will fund Boards of Education offering a GED preparation course to adult students and report those students on Form 1701. School boards offering a GED preparation course shall follow their district procedure for the submission and acceptance of locally-developed courses, and shall report any new locally-developed courses to the Assessment Department of the Ministry of Education.