An Alternative Way for Kosovar Adults to Earn a High School Equivalency Diploma: A Case Study

Abstract

For many years, at the end of the last century, Kosovo was a country plagued with political, social, and economic strife that forced an entire generation of children and young adults to go virtually uneducated. Kosovo is paying a price for that today, with many of its adults finding themselves unskilled, under-educated and unemployed. The central topic and the purpose of the study was to identify possible programming options available to Kosovo’s authorities to increase the number of adults who possess an upper secondary school diploma. After conducting extensive research of possible alternatives offered in a number of countries, this researcher determined that the General Education Development or General Education Diploma (GED) developed in the United States offers the best solution to this problem. Finally, an action plan outlines a template for an alternative testing solution so that more adults will be able to obtain their high school equivalency diploma.