GAC, the Global Assessment Certificate is a set of modules designed to prepare non native speakers for the academic life they will be immersed in as freshers at Western universities. It's a rigorous course that is offered in China by an American education provider, ACT. It's a franchise set-up that costs around 50,000 RMB /student for the 9 month program, so rich parents can only afford to enrol their middle school leavers at GAC/ACT centers. Here it's being abused. Low ability senior middle school drop-outs from rich families are among those enrolled, and the continuous assessment test results are being falsified at some centers. It's offered globally, not just in China. You can re-read the penultimate post and the one before that to get more background information. I think it should be discontinied in China.
- China: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-01-09
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-04-09
- Re: GAC-ACT -- Jim Smith -- 2010-03-25
- Re: GAC-ACT -- Jim Smith -- 2010-03-25
- Re: GAC-ACT -- Smitty -- 2010-03-25
- Re: GAC-ACT -- Jim Smith -- 2010-03-25
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-03-27
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-03-26
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-03-27
- Re: GAC-ACT -- Jim Smith -- 2010-03-25
- Re: GAC-ACT -- Sun Carol -- 2010-01-25
- Re: GAC-ACT -- J Melbourne -- 2010-03-24
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-03-27
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-01-27
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-01-11
- Re: GAC-ACT SCAM -- Turino -- 2010-01-11
- Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Anon ymous -- 2010-05-14
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-05-15
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Monitor -- 2010-05-15
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Monitor -- 2010-05-15
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-05-16
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Monitor -- 2010-05-16
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-05-17
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Masha -- 2010-06-15
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-06-16
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-06-16
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-06-16
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Masha -- 2010-06-15
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-05-17
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Monitor -- 2010-05-16
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-05-16
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Monitor -- 2010-05-15
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Monitor -- 2010-05-15
- Re: Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- englishgibson -- 2010-05-15
- Harbin GAC-ACT SCAM -- Anon ymous -- 2010-05-14
- Re: GAC-ACT -- Jim Smith -- 2010-03-25
- Re: GAC-ACT -- englishgibson -- 2010-04-09