The General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service of the American Council on Education and the PEI Department of Education are pleased to announce James Alfred Phillips of Tyne Valley, PEI, as a national award winner based on high scores earned on the Tests of General Educational Development (GED). The award was for scores earned in 1997.
Mr. Phillips's GED scores were recognized as being among the top 74 of more than 800,000 individuals who completed the tests last year. Minister of Education Chester Gillan presented Mr. Phillips with a plaque in recognition of his achievements.
"I am extremely pleased to present Mr. Phillips with this award," said Minister Gillan. "As a national award winner, he has demonstrated not only the hard work and dedication required to complete his studies, but also his personal commitment to life long learning."
GED Tests were developed in 1942 for persons who had not completed high school. The tests provide an opportunity for individuals to demonstrate they have acquired 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 measure the major concepts and lasting outcomes of a high school education.
Since World War II, the GED testing program has enabled over 10 million adults to obtain formal recognition of their educational development through attainment of a high school equivalency credential. Last year 182 adults successfully passed the GED tests in Prince Edward Island.
Information regarding the GED tests may be obtained by contacting the Chief Examiner of the GED Testing Program at the PEI Department of Education.
For more information contact:
Byron Cutcliffe, Chief Examiner, GED Testing PEI, Department of Education at 368-4474 or Ellen Hamill, Communications, Department of Education at 368-6449.