Crittenden County Adult Education Center is facilitating two important education and workforce-credential tests for free to eligible Kentuckians on a first-come, first-served basis through June 30 or until funds are expended.
The GED tests and assessments to earn a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) are sponsored by Kentucky Adult Education, a unit of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Department of Workforce Investment, an agency of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
"We currently are at 26 GEDs for the year," reports Missy Myers at the Crittenden County Adult Education Center. "We are planning to send 10 students in April for their GED. We would love to get 50 again by the end of June."
The GED tests provide adults who did not finish high school with the opportunity to certify their attainment of high school-level academic knowledge and skills. Free GED classes are available through local adult education programs in all 120 Kentucky counties.
"For many Kentuckians, earning a GED is a necessary first step toward college and a career with a family-sustaining wage,” said Council on Postsecondary Education President Bob King.
The NCRC is a national certification that indicates work readiness by administering three WorkKeys assessments: applied mathematics, locating information and reading for information. These specific workplace skills are needed in 77 percent of all jobs profiled for WorkKeys testing.
Kentuckians interested in taking advantage of free classes and the time-limited free GED testing should contact the adult education center at 124 E. Bellville St., in Marion to discuss how to get started. The office can be reached at 965-9435.
The center will be closed Monday, Wednesday and Friday of next week, however, while staff attend an Adult Education Conference.
