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By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Residents of Barren County will soon be able to get their General Educational Development credentials close to home.
Team Kentucky announced that the GED testing is taking to the road and traveling to the 25 Kentucky counties that “lack brick-and-mortar buildings with in-person adult educational services.” Barren County is one of the 25 counties, according to a Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet press release.
“The Lifelong Learning Branch of the Kentucky Office of Adult Education, which oversees GED services in conjunction with local providers, identified GED testing deserts within the state,” the press release stated. “These include remote or rural locations and other areas where adult learners face greater challenges accessing traditional GED testing centers, such as limited transportation options or a lack of conveniently located testing facilities. After analyzing information provided by the local providers and conducting site visits and surveys, 25 counties with no brick-and- mortar testing sites were identified, prompting the idea of a statewide GED mobile unit to fill in the gaps.”
The mobile unit is equipped with noise-canceling headsets, 11 laptops and is responsible for approving each mobile testing site, scheduling tests, providing all necessary equipment, proctoring the exams and covering all travel-related costs, the release stated.
The local adult education provider is responsible for providing a location for the mobile unit and ensuring that at least three testers are present for each scheduled testing date.
“Kentucky’s lifelong learning and training investments in our citizens reap multiple benefits for our families, communities and our state’s economy,” said Jamie Link, secretary of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. “The GED mobile testing unit will result in better-educated Kentuckians and increased family self-sufficiency, which yields an excellent return on the commonwealth’s investment.”
The cabinet does not provide a schedule of the mobile GED unit.
Kentucky counties also chosen include: Adair, Breathitt, Caldwell, Christian, Green, Hancock, Hopkins, Kenton, Knott, Lee, Leslie, McLean, Metcalf, Montgomery, Morgan, Ohio, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Rockcastle, Taylor, Todd, Trigg and Wolfe.
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