08 August 2011
Pearson is pleased to announce a new partnership with Global Education Counselling (GEC) that will see more of the students GEC work with taking PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English Academic) to fulfil higher education admissions requirements and student visa applications.
PTE Academic was designed by Pearson to be a secure and reliable measure of academic English proficiency for international students needing to prove their language skills. Students can register up to 48 hours in advance of a testing session and receive their results typically within 5 business days via a secure online verification system. In addition, professional partners of Pearson, such as GEC, receive benefits including access to an on-demand testing service that allows requests for additional testing sessions even when advertised testing sessions are full.
Theo Theodorou, Director of International Affairs, GEC said: “Over the years, we’ve helped thousands of students gain admissions to higher education institutions. We recommend that our students take PTE Academic because we think that it measures their English language skills accurately and reliably to our partnering institutions such as the University of Nottingham. Our partnership with Pearson is based on our dual desire to provide an efficient and convenient service that enables our students to register for the test and receive their results quickly. This partnership with Pearson will help the students we work with to gain admissions and student visas faster so that they can reach their education goals.”
By working with leaders in education who help international students reach their higher education goals, Pearson has succeeded in building a global network of supporters for PTE Academic. Benefits of becoming a partner include receiving exclusive access to PTE Academic materials, the ability to accumulate points towards free PTE Academic tests and providing discounts on tests for the students they work with.
Emma Stubbs, Senior Vice President, Language Testing said: “We are always happy when organizations decide to partner with us. GEC has an incredible track record of helping international students to gain admissions to top institutions and we are proud to support them with all that they do to help students reach their education goals.”