(Newswire.net — April 22, 2013) Olympia, WA — If you are one of the many people who is working on completing your GED, the time to finish it this year is getting shorter every day.
Judy Ford, editor for the website GEDPrograms.org, explained that the GED Exam, which is what everyone must pass in order to earn their GED, is being changed at the end of the year. This change mandates that all partially completed exams will be thrown out on December 31 and anyone who has already completed any of the five sections of the exam will need to completely start over in 2014.
“Many test-takers pass just a few sections of the exam on their first try,” said Ford, “But they have been able to save those successfully completed sections and then come back at a later date to attempt the other sections. But with this new rule change, those test-takers with partial past test success will need to completely finish the entire exam before the end of this year or they will have to start an entirely new one in 2014.”
The GED is a way for anyone who doesn’t have a high school diploma to earn an educational certificate that is considered to be equivalent to the high school diploma. It is used primarily for students who were home-schooled, dropped out of high school or had some other reason to leave high school before earning their diploma.
“The GED helps out a lot of individuals,” said Ford, “Besides the many students who don’t regularly attend high school because they are being schooled at home, there are many other teenagers and young adults who had to leave school before earning their diploma, and the GED is their only option.”
“People shouldn’t be afraid of sitting for the GED test,” continued Ford, “While it is a difficult test because it covers so many different subjects, as long as the test-taker knows what to expect and prepares a little bit for each the various subjects, they should be able to pass it on the first try.”
About GED Programs
The GED Programs.org site offers a variety of information about taking and successfully passing the GED test. For more information, you can visit www.GEDPrograms.org.
Media Contact:
Judy Ford
Email: Ford@GEDPrograms.org
Contact Page: http://www.gedprograms.org/about.html
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