In a call centre at the State Library, university students help both primary and secondary school students with their homework.
It is 6.30 pm, tomorrow the English style is to be handed in, but it is not finished at all, and linguistically there is a long way to the expected high school level. This is the reality for some of the high school students who log on to Assignment Homework Online to get help getting on with an assignment.
“Some of the students who call in are at a relatively low level compared to what they should be, and it’s rare that we don’t make use of the half-hour allocated to each individual.
She has English as her main subject and history as a minor subject and is just about to start her thesis. It also means that she has had plenty of time to engage in voluntary work, which helps some students who might otherwise not be able to find that help.
“In English, for example, some may have difficulty just constructing a sentence. You can see that some have written the style in Uk.
Students who contact Assignment Homework Online have the opportunity to chat anonymously with the homework helpers, who in turn can talk to the student in a headset. In this way, the students can be anonymous, but they get help easily and accessible.
Assignment Homework Online was originally intended as anonymous homework help for children in vulnerable residential areas, but in January 2013, a pilot project opened where students at selected high schools had the opportunity to get help in mathematics, physics and chemistry. In the first year, there have been 1000 sessions with students from the pilot high schools, and the curve has constantly been increasing.
It has been such a great success at the pilot high schools that in January this year, the project was extended to more high schools, more homework helpers and offers of help also in the subjects of English.
