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Prosoft Learning Corp. (NASDAQ: POSO), a technology
learning solutions provider and owner of the CIW certification
program, today announced that the Virginia Department of Education
(VDOE) and the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) have signed a
statewide articulation agreement enabling public secondary students
taking CIW Web design courses to earn college credit toward any of
Virginia's 23 community colleges. This certification-driven
articulation agreement is one of the first to be implemented
throughout the state.
To earn college credits, high school students must complete the
courses with a "C" grade or better and also pass the corresponding CIW
certification exams. Students can also earn high school and college
credits through a dual enrollment option.
The articulation agreement was finalized after the VDOE renewed
the CIW Certified Testing Center (CTC) partnership for three
additional years. The CTC partnership enables participating Virginia
public secondary schools and community colleges to administer CIW
exams in the classroom through Prosoft's CIW CTC program. Schools also
can purchase discounted Official CIW Curriculum and assessment
materials.
The agreement was driven by a National Science Foundation (NSF)
grant titled "Creating Pathways for the New IT Professional." The goal
of the grant is to develop, enhance and promote technology pathways
from high school to community college and the workplace. The VCCS and
the VDOE have also supported faculty development courses through the
CIW Faculty Institute program. As a result, more than 160 high school
and community college educators attended Faculty Institute courses in
which they learned how to implement and teach the CIW program. The
state continues to schedule future Faculty Institute courses to
support additional teachers in implementing CIW statewide.
Benjamin Fink, president and CEO of Prosoft, stated, "Our
partnership with the state of Virginia is based on a clear objective:
improving students' readiness for the workplace through a combination
of technical and non-technical skills. Virginia is to be applauded for
aggressively adopting a curriculum that was specifically designed to
give students workplace skills above and beyond what is taught in most
standard curricula. With the articulation agreement between secondary
and post-secondary institutions now in place, students will have even
more incentive to develop the skills they need for the hottest jobs."
Elizabeth M. Russell, director of the Office of Career and
Technical Education for the VDOE, said, "Everyone came together to
make this happen, not just for the schools but most importantly for
our students. It is essential to have Virginia's secondary and
post-secondary schools teach the same Internet technology curriculum,
both to ensure consistency in education and to provide a smooth
pathway for students to advance their studies in Internet education."
Elizabeth Creamer, director of Postsecondary Perkins/Tech Prep for
the VCCS, called the new agreement "a significant milestone toward
achieving the vision of creating career pathways that are open entry
and open exit, that seamlessly connect students to higher levels of
education and to the workforce, and that lead to productive
partnerships between high schools, community colleges and
universities. The articulation based on CIW certifications provided
the VCCS and VDOE with a template for future statewide articulation in
a variety of career and technical education areas."
CIW helps individuals prepare for the highly competitive digital
economy by teaching the essential Internet-technology and workplace
skills required by today's employers. CIW is the world's largest
industry-recognized job-readiness certification, validating skills in
a variety of IT disciplines, including Web site and e-commerce
development, network administration, security and Web languages.
About Prosoft Learning Corp.
Prosoft Learning Corp. offers content and certifications to enable
individuals to develop and validate critical Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) workforce skills. Prosoft is a leader
in the workforce development arena, working with state and local
governments and school districts to provide ICT education solutions
for high school and community college students. Prosoft has created
and distributes a complete library of classroom and e-learning
courses. Prosoft distributes its content through its ComputerPREP
division to individuals, schools, colleges, commercial training
centers and corporations worldwide. Prosoft owns the CIW job-role
certification program for Internet technologies and the CCNT
(Certified in Convergent Network Technologies) certification, and
manages the CTP (Convergence Technologies Professional) vendor-neutral
certification for telecommunications. To find out more, visit
www.ProsoftLearning.com, www.ComputerPREP.com, www.CIWcertified.com
and www.CTPcertified.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed in this press release are statements of a forward-looking
nature that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the company's
dependence on the timely development, introduction and acceptance of
courses, proprietary certifications and other products; the acceptance
of ICT certifications in general; and the other risks and
uncertainties outlined in the company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and Form 10-Q. The company undertakes no
obligation to update this forward-looking information.