Online Career Advancement Launches GED Course Website

Online, April 12, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Registration is open for the Online Career Advancement General Educational Development (GED) Skills Improvement course at the website freegedskillscourse.com and enrollments will begin around late June of 2010. To facilitate a secure automated enrollment process and protect the privacy of participants, Online Career Advancement will assess a five dollar registration fee for the, otherwise, free course.

Online Career Advancement's freegedskillscourse.com website is designed to provide information about the GED Skills Improvement course, and an opportunity for early registration, as the development process continues.

The course is being designed to implement recent college and career ready standards that help prepare prospective GED test takers for the world of employment and post-secondary education. The primary focus of the Online Career Advancement GED Skills Improvement course will continue to be assisting GED test takers with attaining the highest GED test scores possible.

"The GED is finally growing up to include curriculum standards that provide opportunity for diploma holders to continue successful pursuit of professional careers and higher level academic programs," said Leonard Cox, CEO of Online Career Advancement.

The pending changes to the GED, including computer-based GED testing, will require test takers to be prepared for content and skills competency scenarios more in line with 21st century post-secondary education and career expectations. Online Career Advancement is developing the GED Skills Improvement course to help those GED credential seekers who are most serious about their own education and career growth.

Professor Cox adds, "We felt a strong need to develop a free online GED course that was not ad-supported and provided the participants with an opportunity to start learning online using the same tools as college and university students around the world. Adhering to standards that are internationally benchmarked is also a major factor in this endeavor for Online Career Advancement."

The GED Skills Improvement course is designed to used as a supplement to other GED test preparation strategies and will focus helping participants achieve the highest scores possible on the current and 2011 series GED tests.

Registration is open at freegedskillscourse.com. The registration fee can be waived by request by contacting Online Career Advancement or selecting the free GED course option via their website newsletter sign-up.