ATHENS, Ohio -- Beginning Feb. 7, WOUB-TV will air the new "GED Connection" series offering area residents a second chance at receiving their high school equivalency diplomas. "GED Connection" is targeted for those adults who would like to obtain their GED, but are unable to attend regular General Equivalency Diploma (GED) classes. The program allows individuals to study for the GED test in their own homes, at their own paces.
The series is divided into reading, writing, and mathematics sections. "GED Connection" begins airing on WOUB-TV Feb. 7 at 6 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. with a repeat broadcast the following Monday at 3 p.m. Students can register and choose to purchase inexpensive workbooks, $15 each or $40 for the set of three, by calling 1-800-228-READ.
Homework help is also available to students in the program. Local Adult Basic and Literacy Education groups will staff a toll-free homework hotline and will assist with registration for the GED test when students are ready.
Produced with humor, imagination, and creativity by the Kentucky Network, Kentucky’s public television network, "GED Connection" is funded by the Ohio University Office of Regional Higher Education and by the Ohio Literacy Network.
The Ohio University Telecommunications Center, a unit of the College of Communication, operates two television stations -- WOUB-TV/Channel 20 in Athens and WOUC-TV/Channel 44 in Cambridge; one cable channel WOUB II; and six radio stations -- WOUB-1340 AM, WOUB-91.3 FM, WOUC-89.1 FM, WOUH-91.9 FM, WOUL-89.1 FM and WOUZ-90.1 FM.
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Media Contact: WOUB Public Information Coordinator Olivea Oldham, (740) 593-4944 or Olivea_Oldham@woub.pbs.org, or WOUB Associate Director of Development & Communications Doug Partusch, (740) 593-4748
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