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Monday, July 22, 2013

Great Plains College becomes a pilot site for electronic GED testing

Great Plains College becomes a pilot site for electronic GED testing


Great Plains College has become the first regional college in Saskatchewan and the third post-secondary institution anywhere in Canada to offer General Educational Development (GED) testing on computer.

A pilot project has been launched at Swift Current Campus in partnership with Pearson VUE and the provincial Ministry of the Economy, and the first computerized test was written June 20. Starting in January 2014 all GED exams at Great Plains College will be administered electronically.

Students who wish to write their GED test at Great Plains College have the option to write the paper exam or the electronic version developed by Pearson VUE until December 2013.

“It’s a privilege to be among the first post-secondary schools to offer this delivery method and we’re looking forward to what we anticipate will mean an expedited process for both the college and the students writing the exam,” said program coordinator Monica Kreiter. “The first test ran very smoothly and the equipment worked exactly as we hoped it would.”

GED testing centres will be located in Biggar, Kindersley, Maple Creek, Rosetown, Swift Current and Warman.

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