Scholaris International Announces Release of Scholaris Learning Gateway in Combination with Schlolaris Powered Classroom - 23/09/2008

Software supports school district business needs while providing a powerful, innovative learning platform for students

PORT MOODY, BC – September 1, 2008 – Scholaris International Ltd. (ASX: SIT), an Australian founded education software development company, is pleased to announce the release of Scholaris Learning Gateway in combination with Scholaris Powered Classroom, a technology platform that enables systematic transformation of business, teaching and learning powered by Microsoft SharePoint. The solution was designed to transform the work of running a district, a school, and a classroom as well as transforming learning opportunities for the students.

“We have taken the power of SharePoint and made it accessible to schools and districts at a cost that makes it possible for education,” says Gary Kern, General Manager, Scholaris International Ltd. “Scholaris Learning Gateway enables rapid deployment of Microsoft SharePoint, designed, customized and configured to provide a digital environment that will support the business and educational goals of the district.”

The recently released Scholaris Learning Gateway is a combination of software development, methodology and web services that allow districts to benefit from the power of Microsoft SharePoint, without having to build the environment from scratch. Branding, provisioning and web configuration has all been taken into account to provide an educationally relevant district and school environment. The Scholaris Learning Gateway will provide the management and technology to ensure the world leading Microsoft SharePoint supports all end users within a district.

Scholaris has been providing the Scholaris Powered Classroom to districts across Canada since January, 2007. The Scholaris Learning Gateway will ensure that districts have a way to systemically support the initiatives happening in the classroom. “The Scholaris Learning Gateway is often the first stage of deployment,” says Bob Hickman, project manager, Scholaris International Ltd. “Districts want to find a way to introduce their users into this environment; the district, school and classroom progression makes a lot of sense.”

The Scholaris Learning Gateway has been successfully licensed in 375 schools across four continents, with over 300,000 students currently under licence. The adoption of the Scholaris Learning Gateway has been embraced by educators whose focus in on improving curriculum, teaching, and learning processes. Scholaris integrates and extends existing administrative systems neither replacing nor making them redundant. The Scholaris Learning Gateway has been architected on the Microsoft® platform providing a framework that is aligned to the majority of existing infrastructures across the education market.

For more information, please contact Scholaris at 604.910.4984 or visit the company website at www.scholarisintl.com.

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