direqlearn is your Technology in Education solutions provider, supporting education ministries, school networking and community organisations and schools, with the integration of technology in the teaching and learning process. Read more here.

DireqServices encompasses the following services:

Project management and consulting within the ICT in education and school networking sectors. Completed projects include:

* Project management, in partnership with Sourcecom Technology Solutions, for the Sahara Consortium for GautengOnline, a Gauteng Province (South Africa) initiative to connect all 2500 provincial schools to the Internet

* Logistics and deployment management for Mindset TV, an
interactive and digital educational broadcast network piloted in
October 2003. This 12-hour per day broadcast channel is largely funded by The Liberty Foundation.This work led to the
appointment of DireqLearn SA as the sole logistics partner for
Mindset, in the distribution and support of all equipment,
technical and educational training, and interactive support
through community workers known as Mindsetters. Mindset is the most significant ICT in Education intervention in South Africa at present, aiming at reaching over 1000 schools in year one.

* DireqLearn Nigeria is currently managing and implementing a
35-school ICT in education intervention in 7 states throughout
Nigeria. This is the largest initiative of its type in Nigeria, and will start the process of getting Nigerian schools online and using the technology to enhance teaching and learning. This
turn-key project is being implemented for the Nigerian Education Tax Fund and SchoolNet Nigeria.

Specialist ICT in education consultancy, operating internationally. Prior and current consultancies include:

* Feasibility for the establishment of Pacific Islands SchoolNet,
undertaken for the Commonwealth of Learning, based in Vancouver, Canada.

* Business planning for SchoolNet Nigeria undertaken for the
Nigerian Education Tax Fund

* Specialised consulting for SchoolNet Africa and UNESCO, entitled ICTs for Special Needs Education. This has resulted in the Principal Consultant being identified as a World Specialist in this field by UNESCO.

* Overseeing and acting as critical reader and Mentor for a
SchoolNet Africa-commissioned research paper on the Use of Older Refurbished Computers in Developing Countries.

Financing solutions are tailor-made to ensure than all institutions can gain access to enabling technologies.

ICTs in education Training Services are offered in partnership with world-class learning organisations, ensuring complete solutions are offered to clients, ensuring that solutions deployed are educationally relevant.

11 April 2003

DireqLearn has finalised the release date of DireqOpenlab 2.0,the next iteration of its Linux-based thin-client educationally-rich computer lab solution. Read more here.

10 April 2003

Over 40 friends, partners, clients and staff of DireqLearn converged on the South African office to celebrate a DireqLearn-Day BirthDay party. Read the rest here.

4 April 2003

DireqLearn held prime position at the recent Dinaledi Autumn Clinic held in Cape Town from 31 March - 4 April 2003. Dinaledi is a South African Department of Education intervention to improve Maths and Science in...Read More Here.