Every year, we dejectedly report on the results of the PSE Exams. While from year to year, there are improvements, and every year there are brilliant kids who exceed all imaginable expectations, the fact is that the majority of the students who take the PSE, fail the exam. And while the students end up with the failing grade, what really failed is the system.
One young entrepreneur, who thinks that she has a silver bullet solution – a fix all – is Tiffany Simpson. She's designed a software which trains children on how best to take the exam. It's simple enough, a question and answer format, but what's interesting is the craft she's put into it. What's even more interesting is how well it works. Now, she has prepared it in an app form which can go on a mobile devices running ios or android, and she explained how it works to us today:
Tiffany Simpson - President, Belizean Artwork Publishing
"The game has hundreds of pass PSE and CXC type questions. These are 2 separate programs, by the way. The questions are randomized, and the sessions also includes a session revision feature. So, they can go back, and see where they made errors, and which areas they need to work on. So, they can go over the materials as many times as they need, and they reinforce their knowledge of the materials, so that when it's time for the material, they are not only prepared mentally, but they are comfortable with the style of the questions, and they can do better for the exams. The idea of the game really, is not so much to give the students questions that we believe will come in the exams, but rather to prepare them for the type and style of questioning, and also to help them to identify areas where they may be weak in. Initially, I started to develop these games to help my son academically. I think that the motivation was to kind of have a system in place that by the time he takes the PSE and CXC exams, we were well on our way with having technology in the classroom. I see the results every year for the PSE."
Tomorrow, we'll feature part 2 of our story, where she explained how she's worked on an extensive program to help high school students prepare for CSEC exams, better known as by their former name, CXC.
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