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Preparatory Centres For the General Adult Education Development Test

By WENDY TERRY - March 9 2013

In the Winter 2012 issue, Learning Curves did a feature article on the GED General Education Development Test which, if you pass, earns you a high school equivalency certificate.

This test is administered by the Independent Learning Centre, which lists study materials on line to help you prepare for test and there are math and science tutors on call. However, for many students more preparatory help is needed. There are preparatory centres independent of ILC which will help you prepare. The following is a list of some of these centres.

Frontier College 

Beat the Street

416-923-3591

Jane Finch Program

426-649-1746

Grade Learning Toronto

416-482-2272

Job Start 416-231-2295

Peel Adult Learning Centre

5940 Wallace St Mississauga

180B Sandalwood Brampton

905-507-0111

Preparatory Training Centre

West Centre

5415 Dundas Street West at Kipling

416-239-7309

Seneca College

Faculty of Workforce Skills Development

Vaughan 905-417-1781 .

New market 905-898-4455 Ext 228

Skills for Change

416-658-3101

YWCA Skills Development Centre

3090 Kingston Rd.

416-239-7309

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