ELKO -- Great Basin College will again offer driver's education to high school and non-high school students in Elko, Eureka, Lander, Humboldt, Nye and White Pine counties.

One benefit, according to Angie de Braga, GBC's director of continuing education, is that completing the course can cut by half the amount of training the Department of Motor Vehicles requires of a student driver.

Students can enroll for the driver's ed course by clicking on the "driver's ed" icon listed under "announcements" on the college's Web site at www.gbcnv.edu.

The eight-week, two credit course is delivered online and is taught by experienced local school district instructors. The next class starts Jan. 15. Another section begins March 10. High school students are eligible for a special $35 tuition fee. If a student has not been enrolled at GBC in the past, a once in a lifetime $10 admission fee will also apply. Non-high school students may also enroll but will pay the regular tuition fee.

In order to enroll, students should be 15-1/2 years old by the end of the course. For more information on driver's education at GBC call 775-753-2231.