Joylene Griffiths Irving, director public, corporate and government affairs at Scotiabank, presents this grade six student at the Iris Gelly School, in Kingston, with a token for having answered the question 'Which is the longest river in Jamaica?' This is a popular social studies question in the GSAT examination. - Contributed

Scotiabank is partnering with GoGSAT.com to extend this programme to an additional 25 schools at the primary level.

The bank marked its support of the programme with a special demonstration for students and teachers at the Iris Gelly Primary School in Kingston earlier this week. The GoGSAT programme will give students access to a database of more than 6,000 practice questions covering all the focal areas of the Grade Six Achievement Test. The programme also offers a simulated test environment, inclusive of timed testing and automatic grading and enables parents and teachers to keep track of student performance.

Opportunity

According to Joylene Griffiths Irving, director, public, corporate and government affairs at Scotiabank, the GoGSAT programme offers another opportunity to enhance Scotiabank's support to primary education.

"We have selected schools based on their inability to afford the programme as well as to enhance our ongoing relationship with the institutions," she said. "For example, some of these schools are beneficiaries of scholarships, computer equipment, or are participants in our Breakfast Feeding Programme or our HIV and AIDS awareness programme."

Shalette East, who heads the GoGSAT programme, said Scotiabank's support brings the number of schools using the programme to 70. "With this programme, students have access to comprehensive information in one place. After taking tests, there is a live marker that scores the tests almost immediately, and gives the results. In cases of incorrect answers, students can view the correct response."