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Move Ahead with Your Education

Have you applied for post-secondary and been denied?

Don't have the high-school grades? Want to upgrade, but can't afford to quit work to do it?

Alberta Works can help!

Alberta Works can provide Learner Income Support funding for eligible students to help pay for academic upgrading. You get to earn the high school prerequisites you need for the program you want, without stressing about how to support yourself and your family during your studies.

To find out if you qualify, contact us at:

Financial Aid Grande Prairie
Office: H103 Phone: 780-539-2845 Fax: 780-539-2888 Email: financialaid@nwpolytech.ca Web: Visit Homepage

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Our Academic Upgrading Department can help you earn high school prerequisites needed for apprenticeship programs, and college-level or university courses. Not only do we offer pre-high school and high school equivalency courses that can help you unlock your post-secondary education, we’ve also recently waived the application fee to help you get started.

Please note that the Canadian GED Exam Series ended on May 3, 2024.

Certificate of Grade 12 Equivalency

If you arrive at our institution without a high school diploma, you can complete missing courses and then apply for a Certificate of Achievement in Grade 12 Equivalency. Students must complete four Grade 12 level courses, two of them being required Grade 12 equivalent subjects at our institution.

Have a look at the Academic Calendar for more information about admission requirments.

Academic Calendar

Admission Requirements

You must be 18 years of age or older in the semester in which you plan to attend the program. English and Mathematics placement assessments may be necessary in order to properly place you in your courses.

Placement Assessments

Placement assessments are written to determine if a student has the required academic skill to gain program admission, or placement in academic upgrading courses. You will be asked to write a placement assessment if:

You have been out of school for two or more years.
You received less than 60% in Alberta Education English 10-1, 20-1, 30-1 or in Alberta Education Mathematics 10C, 20-1, 30-1.
You have not taken courses in the Alberta Education English 10-1, 20-1, 30-1 or Mathematics 10C, 20-1, 30-1.

Practice Assessments

Students are encouraged to review their knowledge before booking an appointment to write a placement assessment. We have provided five practice assessments below to get you started.

If you have completed Math 8 or 9, take this Assessment

Arithmetic

If you have completed Math 10-C, take this Assessment

Algebra I

If you have completed 10C, 20-1/20-2, take this Assessment

Algebra II

If you have completed a Grade 9 English course, take this Assessment

Basic Writing

If you have completed a Grade 11 English course, take this Assessment

Advanced Writing

Get more practice with questions from Accuplacer. Samples include, reading, writing, arithmatic and algebra.

Sample Questions