Kolab Driving · Permi In design
From first lesson to permi, organised.
Kolab Driving runs the whole driving centre: learner files, instructor diaries, the dual-control fleet and the road to the test. Students see their progress, parents see the schedule, and the office stops living in an exercise book.
- Lesson diary per instructor, per car, per student
- Progress checklist from first start to test ready
- Oral and practical test dates tracked with reminders
- Lesson packs and payments in rupees, recorded properly
Made for
A driving centre is a scheduling business
Every driving centre juggles the same three diaries: students who can only come after work, instructors who cannot be in two places, and dual-control cars that need servicing, insurance and fitness like any fleet. Today that juggling lives in an exercise book by the phone, and every crossed-out line is a lesson that nearly went wrong.
Kolab Driving puts the three diaries in one place. Book a lesson and the student, the instructor and the car are reserved together; move it and everyone is told on WhatsApp. Each learner carries a file: permit dates, medical, lessons done, maneuvers mastered, money paid, and how close they are to test ready.
The test is the product. Progress tracking is built around it: a syllabus checklist from first start to hill start to parking, an honest test-ready flag the instructor controls, and the oral and practical dates tracked with reminders so nobody discovers a test date the night before.
In design, on familiar ground
Kolab Driving is a design-stage product looking for founding centres, assembled from patterns the family already runs.
- Booking and diary patterns proven in our scheduling apps
- The dual-control fleet reuses Kolab Transport: servicing, insurance and fitness alerts per car
- Lesson reminders run on the recall engine proven in Kolab Healthcare
- Payments and packs follow the receipt patterns used across the family
Modules
Everything inside Kolab Driving
Every module is a brick. Start with what hurts most, snap on the rest when you are ready.
Learner files
One file per student: permit dates, contacts, medical note, photos of paperwork, history.
Lesson diary
Instructor, car and student booked together. No double-booked Kango, no orphan slot.
Progress checklist
The syllabus as a checklist: moving off, hill start, parking, emergency stop, signed per lesson.
Test ready flag
An honest flag the instructor sets when a learner is truly ready, with the checklist as evidence.
Test bookings
Oral and practical dates per student, with countdown reminders to student and instructor.
Dual-control fleet
Each car's servicing, insurance and fitness dates, with alerts before anything lapses.
Packs & payments
Packs of 5 or 10 lessons, pay per lesson, cash or Juice, every rupee receipted.
WhatsApp reminders
Lesson tomorrow at 14:00, test Friday at 08:30, pack has 2 lessons left. Fewer no-shows.
No-show tracking
Missed lessons recorded fairly, with rebooking rules the centre decides.
Theory classes
Code de la route sessions with seats, attendance and materials in three languages.
Pass-rate analytics
First-time pass rates by instructor and by cohort, read with care, not as a whip.
Waiting list
When the diary is full, the list is honest: next free slot, first come, first served.
A closer look
How Kolab Driving feels day to day
Three calendars, one booking
A lesson is a student, an instructor and a car at the same hour. Kolab Driving books all three in one move, shows each instructor their week, and cascades changes cleanly when rain, breakdowns or life intervene.
- Instructor week view with student names and pickup points
- A cancelled lesson frees the car and offers the slot to the waiting list
- Rain-day reschedules message every affected student at once
Every learner knows where they stand
The syllabus lives as a checklist signed off lesson by lesson. Students see real progress instead of guessing, parents paying for packs see what the money bought, and the test-ready flag is earned, not sold.
- Maneuvers ticked with a date and an instructor initial
- Students see their own file on their phone
- Test ready needs the checklist complete, no shortcuts
The oral, the practical, and no surprises
Test dates are the deadlines the whole centre runs toward. Kolab Driving tracks each student's oral and practical bookings, counts down with reminders on WhatsApp, and lines up a polish lesson in the final week.
- Countdown reminders at 14, 7 and 1 days, to student and instructor
- A final-week polish lesson suggested automatically
- Results recorded, retries scheduled without drama
Packs, payments and no awkward chalkboard
Lessons are paid one by one or in packs, in cash or on the phone, and the record must be clean for the centre and the family paying. Every payment gets a receipt, every pack shows its balance, and the reminder about the last two lessons is polite and automatic.
- Packs of 5 or 10 with a live balance the student sees too
- Receipts in rupees for every payment, exportable for the accountant
- A pack ending prompts the rebooking conversation early
Local by design
Built for how the permi really happens
The learner permit, the oral, the scarce test slots and the family paying in cash: Permi is designed around the road every Mauritian driver has travelled.
The paperwork path
Learner permit dates, medical and eye test notes, and the documents that must be in the car, tracked per student from day one.
Scarce test slots
Test dates are precious. The centre sees every booked slot, and a withdrawal frees it for the next ready student instead of wasting it.
Rain and cyclone days
A washed-out afternoon reschedules in one move: students messaged, instructor weeks rebuilt, no exercise-book chaos.
Three languages
Reminders and theory materials in English, French and Kreol Morisien, because the code is hard enough in one language.
Cash and Juice
Lessons are paid in cash and mobile money here. Both are first-class, both leave a clean receipt.
DPA 2017
Learner files hold IDs and medical notes. Role-based access, retention rules and exports are built in, not bolted on.
Boost in Kolab Driving
Boost celebrates readiness and reliability, never pushing an unready learner toward a test date.
Learner streaks
Lessons attended on time build a streak students enjoy keeping. No-shows quietly break it.
Skill milestones
First hill start, first night drive, checklist complete: milestones earn badges worth a family boast.
Instructor recognition
Instructors earn recognition for checklist honesty and student readiness, never for rushing students to test.
In the wild
What it looks like in real businesses
The wall diary became one screen: lessons book the car and the instructor together, and evening no-shows dropped once WhatsApp reminders started.
One person, one car, forty students. Packs, payments and the test countdown run themselves, and the exercise book is retired.
Fleet driver training with progress checklists per rider, defensive modules, and a report the insurer actually accepts.
Pricing
Kolab Driving pricing, in rupees
Indicative launch pricing, per instructor per month, VAT excluded. Unlimited students at every tier. Nothing is charged before general availability, and founding centres lock their launch price for two years.
Permi Solo
One instructor, one car, in order.
- Learner files and lesson diary
- Progress checklist and test dates
- Packs, payments and receipts
- WhatsApp reminders
Permi Lekol
The whole centre on one diary.
- Everything in Solo
- Multi-instructor and multi-car diary
- Dual-control fleet alerts
- Theory classes and waiting list
Permi Group
Branches, fleets and analytics.
- Everything in Lekol
- Multi-branch view
- Pass-rate and utilisation analytics
- Priority support
Prices per person per month, VAT excluded. Annual billing takes two months off. Indicative pricing: nothing is charged before general availability, and pilot customers lock their launch price for two years.
Questions
Asked all the time
What exists today?
Does it book the official tests for us?
Can students really see their own file?
What about motorcycle and heavy vehicle training?
How do payments work with mostly cash?
Why per instructor and not per student?
Family
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Put the exercise book in the museum
Kolab Driving is in design and looking for founding driving centres. Shape the checklist, keep the launch price, and give every learner a clear road to the permi.