New high school equivalency diploma option now available in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Highschool dropouts might face challenges with job alternatives. However a brand new possibility within the state may open the door to different selections.

”In Mississippi, we’ve greater than 330,000 folks presently which are with out a highschool diploma,” described Mississippi Neighborhood Faculty Board Interim Government Director Kell Smith.

However among the roadblocks to getting a highschool equivalency diploma are being eliminated.

“Individuals who might have struggled passing the total battery of both take a look at can now mix scores to earn a highschool equivalency,” added Smith.

That’s turning into out there by way of one thing known as TotalTranscript. Neighborhood Faculty Board Interim Government Director Kell Smith explains the way it will work.

“People who move say three of the 4 parts of the GED or 4 or the 5 parts of the HiSet, they will take the HiSet portion for what they didn’t move for the GED, after which earn their highschool equivalency,” famous Smith. “And vice versa.”

It’s a improvement that’s welcomed by the state’s workplace of workforce improvement, Speed up Mississippi.

“You’re taking a look at 10% of the inhabitants is perhaps missing a diploma and positioned to learn from this,” mentioned Nathan Oakley, Deputy Director for Ok-12 and Innovation with Speed up Mississippi. ”That’s fairly exceptional.”

Take a look at this stat from the Workplace of Grownup Schooling on the Mississippi Neighborhood Faculty Board. By 2022, 57% of Mississippi jobs would require some training or coaching previous a highschool equivalency diploma.

“Completion of that may very well be a confidence builder for them to say, alright, I’ve finished this, I’ve knocked out that step,” mentioned Oakley. “I’m able to take that subsequent step and discover what these different coaching alternatives appear to be.”

We checked on any timeframe limitations and discovered that should you took half in your GED exams earlier than 2014, you would need to begin over. Should you’ve taken them since you might simply work on the parts you haven’t handed earlier than.

For added info, please go to https://www.mccb.edu/workplaces/adult-education or contact 601-432-6518 or data@mccb.edu.

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