Shule Direct
Shule Direct
Broader Sectors
- Education - Sani/Wisdom
- Technology - Kusasa/Tomorrow
Demographic Focus
- Children
- Youth
Cohort: 02
- East Africa
- Tanzania
Shule Direct provides versatile learning opportunities through accessible technologies. Their team has created the first locally-based e-learning platform in Tanzania based on the national curriculum by the Ministry of Education. Currently, Shule Direct distributes its high-quality digital education content to learners via an online portal, mobile applications, an SMS-based mobile application (Makini SMS), and an offline learning management system (LMS) that offers user-friendly dashboards for students and teachers. In 2020, their organization saw great potential for growth as the demand for digital education content rose due to school closures among the COVID-19 pandemic.
Partner Impact
Leadership Highlight
Faraja Nyalandu
Founder and Executive Director
Faraja was named Tanzania Leadership Awards’ Hall of Fame Woman of the Year in 2016 and is a recipient of the Leading Woman in Technology in Africa Award for her work with Shule Direct. In 2017, Faraja was given the System Innovator award by the Segal Family Foundation for pioneering systemic change in digital learning in Tanzania.
If we are to realize human potential in every child then learning cannot be confined to a space and time. Our motivation is to support young people to meet their learning needs, anytime and anywhere.
