4.3   Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program

 

 

The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program was designed to give adults an opportunity to complete their high school education or equivalent. ABE and is offered at the College of the North Atlantic (CNA) and approved Private Training Institutions.

 

To be eligible to transfer credits from the ABE program back to High School, students must be a minimum of 19 years of age (or 18 years of age and out of school 1 year) and require six or fewer credits to graduate.

 

To reflect the changes that have taken place in the high school curriculum in recent years, the ABE system has also undergone revisions

 

Within the high school program there are regulations which apply to awarding of credit. These regulations would also apply for transferring of credit back to the high school system.

 

For example:

(i)         Credit will NOT be awarded for a course for which the student already has the equivalent high school course completed (e.g., a student who already has credit for Consumer Studies 1202 on his/her transcript, cannot transfer back credit received for IE 3211 Consumer Studies).

 

(ii)         Credit will NOT be awarded for conflicting courses (e.g., a high school student with credit for English 2201 cannot receive credit for English 2202, therefore a student with credit for English 2201 will not be eligible to transfer English 2102A/B/C from the ABE system back to high school).

 

Regulations such as the above can be found in the high school certification manual or as updates, both of which can be found online at: http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/pub/hsc/hsc.htm

 

The best way to ensure each student is working on a program that will be eligible for transfer back into high school, and secure high school graduation, is to request prior approval for courses from the Manager of High School Certification.

Phone 709.729.6261

Fax 709.729.0611

 

Once all courses are complete, they must be entered into the online ABE system and the Manager of High School Certification be notified. Please include the student’s name, date of birth, and SIN.

 

Below is a course “equivalency” matrix that is effective as of September 2006.

 

ABE Equivalent

High School Course

IC 3220 Canadian Literature

Canadian Literature 2204

IC 3219 NFLD Literature

Folk Literature 3203

IE 3211 Consumer Studies

Consumer Studies 1202

IG 3114 Canadian Issues

Canadian Issues 1209

IG 3119 Canadian Law

Canadian Law 2104

IS 3214 Environmental Science

Environmental Science 3205

IG 3221 Human Geography

World Geography 3200

English 1101 A

English 1101 B all three

English 1101 C

English 1201

English 1102 A

English 1102 B all three

English 1102 C

English 1202

English 2101 A

English 2101 B all three

English 2101 C

English 2201

English 2102 A

English 2102 B all three

English 2102 C

English 2202

English 3101 A

English 3101 B all three

English 3101 C

English 3201

English 3102 A

English 3102 B all three

English 3102 C

English 3202

Biology 2101 A

Biology 2101 B all three

Biology 2101 C

Biology 2201

Biology 3101 A

Biology 3101 B all three

Biology 3101 C

Biology 3201

Chemistry 2102 A

Chemistry 2102 B all three

Chemistry 2102 C

Chemistry 2202

Chemistry 3102 A

Chemistry 3102 B all three

Chemistry 3102 C

Chemistry 3202

Physics 2104 A

Physics 2104 B all three

Physics 2104 C

 

Physics 2204

Physics 3104 A

Physics 3104 B all three

Physics 3104 C

Physics 3204

Math 1104 A

Math 1104 B all three

Math 1104 C

Math 1204

Math 2104 A

Math 2104 B all three

Math 2104 C

Math 2204

Math 3104 A

Math 3104 B all three

Math 3104 C

Math 3204

 

NOTE:  Other course equivalencies are currently being developed for science and general math. As these become available the appropriate post-secondary institutes will be notified.