Hinds Community College is beginning new classes for people who aspire to finish their General Education Development (GED) high school equivalency certificate before the current test expires at the end of 2013.
Open registration dates for classes through Hinds Community College’s Adult Basic Education/GED program are as follows:
- June 25 and July 16 at Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center on Sunset Drive, contact Bobby Sacus, 601.987.8150;
- June 28 and July 19 at the Raymond Campus, Lois Barnes-Perkins, 601.857.3912;
- June 27 and July 18 at the Vicksburg-Warren Campus, contact Cleopatra Erves, 601.629.6873.
All times are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
The official GED test will change in 2014 and will be more difficult and more expensive. Plus, the test will move from a pencil and paper test to a computer-based test.
Those aspiring to finish their GED credential can only take the test three times in 2013 before scores on sections already passed expire and the new test is implemented on Jan. 1, 2014.
Hinds’ Adult Basic Education program also offers test dates throughout the remainder of the calendar year.
Call 601.857.3912 for more information. For a complete list of the test dates for the remainder of 2013 see the college website at http://www.hindscc.edu/Departments/abe_ged/test_dates.aspx.
Summer dates and contact information include the following:
Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center – 601.987.8763 or 601.987.8150
Orientation: Thursday, July 18, 8:30 a.m. Test: Saturday, July 27, 8:30 a.m.
Orientation: Thursday, Aug. 1, 8:30 a.m. Test: Saturday, Aug. 10, 8:30 a.m.
Raymond Campus – District Adult Education Center– 601.987.8763
Orientation: Thursday, June 13, 9:30 a.m. Test: Thursday, June 20, 9:30 a.m.; Friday, June 21, 9:30 a.m.
Orientation: Wednesday, Aug. 7, 9:30 a.m. Test: Thursday, Aug. 15, 9:30 a.m.; Friday, August 16, 9:30 a.m.
Raymond Campus – Denton Hall – 601.857.3467 or 601.857.3852
Orientation: Monday, July 8, 8:30 a.m. Test: Monday, July 15, 8:30 a.m.;
Tuesday, July 16, 8:30 a.m.
Utica Campus – 601.885.7022/7128 or 601.987.8763
Orientation and testing will be held in Walter Washington Administration Building, Room 130
Orientation: Monday, July 1, 8:30 a.m. Test: Tuesday, July 2, 8:30 a.m.; Wednesday, July 3, 8:30 a.m.
Vicksburg-Warren Campus – 601.629.6873
Orientation: Wednesday, July 17, 9:30 a.m. Test: Wednesday, July 24, 9:30 a.m.
Orientation: Wednesday, July 31, 9:30 a.m. Test: Wednesday, Aug. 7, 9:30 a.m.
Orientation: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 9:30 a.m. Test: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m.