Latoya Grindley, Features Writer
For additional ways to help your child to prepare for the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), there is now the GoGSAT Access Card.
When you buy this card, all you have to do is scratch the back, as you would a phone card, to reveal a username and password which will grant access to the GoGSAT preparation website.
These cards are now available at Sangster's Book Stores Ltd. for $7,521. They expire after six months. Another card can then be purchased.
This is the latest initiative by GoGSAT Limited to increase its market and accessibility. Other ways of gaining access to the preparation website is via registration on its site, or by payment at any Scotiabank branch.
Shalette East, administrator of GoGSAT, says among the many benefits of using this online programme is that it sensitises students to embrace and get familiar with technology.
Comprehensive information
"With this programme, students have access to comprehensive information in one place. After taking tests, there is a live marker which scores the tests almost immediately, giving the results. In cases of incorrect answers, students can view the correct response," she said.
Currently, there are 60 schools islandwide that are using this subscription-based system.
It is not only designed for students sitting the GSAT examination, but it also has features for parents to monitor their children's performance. Parents can access the results of tests done by their children and also view the dates they were taken.
Based on the results of students, emails are sent by the administrator of the site indicating the strengths and weaknesses of the student.
On the site, there are more than 6,000 questions, a grading system, grade book which keeps a track on the performances as well as online help from experts where students can submit questions or use a chatroom.
GoGSAT was launched in Jamaica in 2005 and is the brainchild of a group of doctoral students.
For more information on GoGSAT, you can visit www.gogsat.com. Members of the public are invited to view live demonstrations at Sangster's Book Stores, Sovereign Centre from 10 a.m. this Saturday.
