Scheme and knowledge trainer apparatus for teaching trainees sortation scheme and knowledge items and skill for sorting such as mail sorting and the like, comprising an electronic sortation training console having a switch panel depicting plural horizontal rows and vertical columns of sort blocks symbolizing discrete sort locations each having a touch sensing switch and changeable indicia strips for providing the sort blocks with legends denoting sort location titles therefor. A visual projector is provided for receiving a training film having frames for successively displaying lesson information on a viewing screen depicting sort location legends correlated with the legends on the console blocks and having apparatus for producing correct location signals denoting the correct console sort block location for the displayed legends. Electronic circuits are coupled to the switches and respond to activation of the switches and to the correct location signals for sensing correct and error sorts upon activation of the touch sensing switches and providing continuous counts thereof on correct and incorrect readout counters. Light indication of the correct sort block may be produced responsive to each activation of a switch at a wrong sort location.