Canada's GED high school equivalency test ends after March, leaving adult students in limbo

For weeks, Gail Feliciant, a 62-year-old woman from Burlington, Ontario, has been trying to book a time for her GED (General Education Development) test but has yet to hear back from the schedulers. He says he's looking to get a GED, which is the equivalent of a high school diploma, to give him more opportunities to work before he retires.

He said he registered before the Jan. 31 deadline and still hopes to schedule it before March 31, the deadline set by the province, but there isn't much time left. GED test service Pearson View, the organizer of this test, offered its services in Canada later this month. "It's ridiculous," Feliciant said of the program ending and the deadline. When the end of last year's program was announced, the province had to find its own solutions.

Meanwhile, every year they miss the test deadline this year, they won't have another chance — and with no alternative now in some provinces, like Ontario, adults who can get high school equivalency will face the possibility. . "We were completely taken aback by this, and so were our students ... it's just a barrier for them," said Steven Lobodchi, professor and evaluator at Mohawk College.

He added that this change was first identified in August 2023. The college is one of many that offers programs to help students prepare for the GED test. "People have organized their whole lives to get the GED ... and then one day in August they tell them, 'You have four months to organize yourself and if you don't take the test by that date and pass,'" Lucci said. do. Don't, all that effort is wasted.'"

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