The Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) is a Victorian crown copyright accredited curriculum owned by the Adult, Community and Further Education Board, Department of Community Development and Planning, Victoria.

It consists of the following 5 courses:

• 21770VIC Course in Initial General Education for Adults
  
• 21771VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults (Introductory)
  
• 21772VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults
  
• 21773VIC Certificate II in General Education for Adults
  
• 21774VIC Certificate III in General Education for Adults

It is nationally recognised and available to download as one document from the Training Support Network website.

Copies can also be purchased from the Service Industries Clearinghouse:

• Email: sicmm.clearinghouse@vu.edu.au
• Phone: 03 99198413
   

Two essential resources to support implementation of the CGEA have been produced with Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) funds:

• CGEA Implementation Guide
• CGEA Sample Assessment Tool

Both documents are available to download from the ACFE website.

Advice on implementation and assessment can be obtained from the Curriculum Maintenance Manager (CMM) General Studies and Further Education who is responsible for the maintenance and development of the courses. The curriculum is currently being reviewed and a number of changes will be published in Version 3 2010. It is essential that RTOs have the current version of the accredited curriculum.

Curriculum Maintenance Manager (CMM)

• Email: Sicmm.generalstudies@vu.edu.au
• Phone: 03 9919 8347 or 03 9919 8327
  

Facilitator Guides

• Develop a learning plan and portfolio with support ( PDF 227KB)
• Eat well, live well ( PDF 303KB)
• Football rules! ( PDF 251KB)
• Hands 1: Identity ( PDF 319KB)
• Hands 2: Community ( PDF 269KB)
• Emotional health and wellbeing ( PDF 304KB)
• Performance literacy ( PDF 199KB)
• The word on cars ( PDF 224KB)

Handouts for Students

• Develop a learning plan and portfolio with support ( PDF 343KB)
• Eat well, live well ( PDF 814KB)
• Football rules! ( PDF 362KB)
• Hands 1: Identity ( PDF 363KB)
• Hands 2: Community ( PDF 220KB)
• Emotional health and wellbeing ( PDF 868KB)
• Performance literacy ( PDF 358KB)
• The word on cars ( PDF 309KB)

Money Management Kit

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has published a range of educational and money management resources for humanitarian entrants to Australia.

The money management content will equip Literacy Practitioners with a valuable set of teaching resources that will assist in the learning needs of clients. The resources cater for different learning and literacy levels and cover topics including, household budgets, banking, paying bills, saving money, contracts, credit, types of credit debt working in Australia and insurance.

The content can be downloaded for free from ASIC’s MoneySmart website.