On today’s show, we talk with South East Adult Education president John Read about the group’s mission to help adults improve basic skills and get their basic education credentials.
With 22 classrooms in the south east region, including one based in the Sackville Curling Club, the group offers flexible in-person and online classes to anyone over 18, in reading, writing, math, and computer skills. About 90 students in the region graduate each year with Canada’s new high school equivalency, the Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC), which replaced the GED this year.
About half the population of New Brunswick adults “could do with some improvement in their literacy or numeracy skills,” says Read. “To me, it’s the fundamental problem.”
