MISSION
The mission of the Office of Adult Education and Literacy (OAEL) is to provide leadership and assistance to adult education and literacy programs with the purpose of raising the literacy levels of Virginia adults and out-of-school youth who do not have a high school credential.
GOALS
To achieve this mission, OAEL has set the following broad goals:
- Raise the performance levels of adult education programs funded by OAEL.
- Increase the number of GED® credentials and
adult high school diplomas awarded in Virginia.
- Increase efficiency, promote professionalism,
and provide high quality customer service to all
constituencies served.
- Strengthen and expand collaborative
relationships between adult education programs
and mandated partners within Virginia's
workforce development system and contribute
to the transition of adults to employment and/or
post-secondary education.
- Contribute to the development of Virginia's
workforce and, as a result, to the economic
development of the Commonwealth.