Adult Basic Education - General Upgrading

ABE courses are available full-time or part-time, through online learning or in a classroom. The department offers prerequisite courses in math, English, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and history.

This Adult Education program can help you:
successfully complete your high school diploma courses and achieve your BC Adult Graduation Diploma,
improve your marks in Grade 11 or Grade 12 courses needed as prerequisites for post-secondary studies,
improve your GPA in college programs, complete university prerequisites, and get your English 100 credit and English 12 in the same semester.

It is recommended that applicants have the equivalent of English 10 to facilitate the successful completion of the writing and math skills assessment.
Writing and math skills assessment and an interview with the department is required before students can register in ABE courses.
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) - online test (TOEFL iBT) - 83, paper-delivered test 560
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) - 6.5 overall, with no single score below 6