介绍:
Turning school exams into an online game in Jamaica
anxiety / æŋ'zaɪəti / n. 焦虑；渴望 CET4
Jamaica / dʒə'meikə / n. 牙买加
fierce / fɪrs / adj. 凶猛的；猛烈的；CET4
voucher /'vaʊtʃɚ/ n. 收据；代金 CET6
incentive /ɪn'sɛntɪv / n. 动机；刺激 CET6
March is the month that brings anxiety to schoolchildren and their parents across Jamaica. It's when pupils aged 11 or over sit their Grade Six Achievement Test, better known as the Gsat.
Some 40,000 students sit the exam every year. For most, the worry is because they and their families feel their entire future depends on it.
In Jamaica, like many places, competition to get into certain secondary schools is fierce, the Gsat exams place pupils into their top five choices by performance - and that's where Edufocal steps in.
"They can win prizes whether it's a movie ticket, food vouchers, mobile credit. That's the cultural element to it, Jamaicans love to win stuff, they love incentives," says Gordon Swaby, the company's chief executive. "At that age they love to compete."
