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[-] grte@lemmy.ca 43 points 9 months ago

Pearson Vue GED Testing Service, the company behind the test, is ending service in Canada after this month.

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When the end of the program was announced last year, provinces were left to find their own solutions.

Isn't privatization grand?

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

First of all: it's insane.

Second of all, it's a TERRIBLE business move. The GED is so culturally ubiquitous in The USA and Canada, I think people just assume it's a federal program.

The LAST thing, if I were them, that I'd want to do is remind people it isn't. As soon as state politicians realize the test is in play, suddenly Florida realizes they can create and deploy their own, loading questions with the same bullshit culture war that they're pushing K-12. Then Mississippi. Then Texas. Then as a response Oregon and Maine do their own.

Suddenly the who scam comes crashing down.

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