Notre Dame Education Center is a community-based Adult Education Center founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1992. NDEC offers free classes funded by the Massachusetts Dept. of Education, the City of Boston, and through the generosity of foundations, corporations and individuals. Some classes have a nominal tuition. Programs include: Adult Basic Education, HiSet (high-school equivalency) preparation, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), workforce readiness classes and coaching, and citizenship classes.