Spending money in order to do homework

School children in disadvantaged residential areas should in the future be able to be rewarded with pocket money for doing tasks in their spare time.

With a digital learning platform, the children must be able to access tailored tasks, who adapt to their level, and then get a cash reward when they have made them.

BL, Denmark's Public Housing stands for it, in the first instance is a pilot project in five disadvantaged neighbourhoods, but as for the summer must be a offer in the whole country.

It tells the executive director in the BL Bent Madsen.

- It is part of our efforts, that it should go the children better in school. It must be in addition to our cafés.

- specifically, it is an application that you can get to a tablet, smartphone, or computer, for example, in a common room.

- the Kids will log in and solve some matematikopgaver. The program is made in a way so that it adapts to each child's læringsmåde and level, he says.

the Pilot project called Towards Mathematics and apply in the first place matematikopgaver.

In the pilot project there are two modules with a number of tasks in each. When a module is completed, get the pupil 75 million. Thus testeleverne earn 150 dollars on to be with.

- We can see that when you get higher grades, so it's also better to get a secondary education and enter the labour market. It is thus to break the social heritage, says Bent Madsen.

From august to all the country's disadvantaged areas are offered to be with, and then more modules get to the current.

In the long term, can the concept also spread out to other subjects and multiple age groups.

It puts up the experiences with other so-called lommepengeprojekter, where children and young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods must do experiences with part-time jobs to get payment for example, to pick up garbage.

How much lektieprojektet going to cost, can be Bent Madsen did not say as yet.

- But compared to how big socio-economic impact it can have, it's probably a very modest amount, " says Bent Madsen.

About 60 sjetteklasseselever from five areas distributed throughout the country to participate in the pilot project. Including about ten students from Horsens Byskole.

project Manager for children, young people and families Signe Lauenblad from Bo well-being, there is a boligsocial association in Horsens, tells that the first experience is positive.

- We also have great success with other lommepengeprojekter in the residential areas, where we for example, it supports the 13-14-year-olds who have little difficulty finding a part-time job.

- It can just something, when there is a reward, and to see that you get something out of it, you are doing, she says.