DTI - Basic Education Level 4 (Adult 12)

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, also referred to as Adult Upgrading, is an umbrella term that refers to a wide range of services, credit, and non-credit programs designed to help adult learners achieve their goals. These goals may include:

•  increasing education and/or certification levels;
•  gaining prerequisites for further training or employment;
•  enhancing life skills, independence and self-sufficiency; or
•  learning skills in specific areas (such as technological literacy, communication abilities, or portfolio development).

LEVEL 4 (ADULT 12) Under Adult 12  Policy, an adult may attain a Grade 12 standing by successfully completing 7 credit classes. Prerequisite requirements are waived for adults. Credits may be attained by taking the course from a Saskatchewan secondary school, by correspondence, or from a Saskatchewan post-secondary institution approved to offer secondary level courses. Adults also have the option  of challenging a departmental examination.
 
Compulsory courses for Adult 12 (secondary completion) are:

•  English Language Arts A 30 and English Language Arts B 30;
•  One Canadian Studies course (History 30, Native Studies 30, or Social Studies 30)
•  One level 20 or level 30 mathematics;
•  One level 20 or level 30 science;
•  Two electives at level 30 (one may be Prior Learning 30).

Programs for this level are being offered in: