FREE GED ONLINE PREPARATION

FREE GED ONLINE PREPARATION NOW
PROVIDED BY
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

(Press Release from Minn. Dept. of Education, 12.04.08)

The Minnesota Department of Education announced a new online instructional program for Minnesotans who are preparing for their General Educational Development Diploma (GED). GED-i, a nationally-recognized and teacher-facilitated service, is free to innesota students.

"This is an important resource for people who are working toward their GED diploma," said Commissioner Seagren. "For many Minnesotans, transportation, child care and work obligations have kept them from going to class to prepare for the GED test. This new program will make GED preparation much more accessible."

GED-i learning is facilitated by instructors from local adult educa-tion programs. Registered students will work with a licensed teacher from their local Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in an online environment. Instructional content can be accessed on he Internet at any time.

According to the 2007 American Community Survey, ten percent (388,074) of Minnesotans over the age of 18 lack high school equivalency. Individuals who do not have their high school diploma or equivalent (GED) are at a severe disadvantage in the creasingly competitive job market.

The GED-i program is an online preparation program only; the GED test itself must be taken in person at a GED examination center. Student enrollment in person at an ABE provider site is lso required.

For location information about your closest ABE and GED-i pro-vider, visit this website http://www.themlc.org/hotline.html or call the Minnesota Adult Literacy Hotline at 1-800-222-1990. For ad-ditional information about the GED test itself, visit the GED information Website at http://mnabe.themlc.org/GED2.html