The Provincial Correctional Center recently held its first graduation ceremony for six General Educational Development (GED) graduates who successfully passed the GED tests earlier this summer. Jessie Frederick, Angela Caissie and John Campbell were among those who received their GED certificates.
Byron Cutcliffe, Provincial GED Chief Examiner presented the graduates with certificates in recognition of their academic achievements, on behalf of the Department of Education. Verna Ryan, Center Manager and John Bradley, Education Specialist at the Center, also participated in the graduation ceremony.
John Bradley commended the graduates for their willingness to learn and encouraged them to realize their full potential in life.
"I would like to commend the graduates for taking such a positive step towards improving their educational and employment opportunities," said Minister of Education Chester Gillan.
The GED Tests were developed for adults who had not completed high school. The tests provide an opportunity for individuals to demonstrate they have acquired, through work experience and self study, the level of learning required of traditional high school graduates. The five tests in the GED battery (writing skills, social studies, science, literature and the arts and mathematics) are designed to recognize that candidates are able to read, compute, interpret information and express themselves in writing on a level comparable to that met by approximately 66 per cent of high school graduates.
Since World War II, the GED testing program has enabled over 10 million adults in North America to obtain formal recognition of their educational development through attainment of a high school equivalency credential.
Information regarding the GED tests may be obtained by contacting the Chief Examiner of the GED Testing Program at the PEI Department of Education.