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How Dawrat Is Reshaping Online Learning

Summary: When the gap between technology and employees' skills increases, online vocational training is an efficient and cost-effective solution. The demand for such programs can be especially high in regions with large income inequality.

Why Is Online Vocational Training Crucial?

Today's most-in-demand occupations didn’t exist 5 years ago and the future is becoming increasingly complex and uncertain.

Employees must learn to quickly adapt to high-tech environments. To remain relevant, workers have to acquire skills that help them make the best out of current technology. For new jobs, new skill sets are essential. Tik Tok growth hackers, blockchain analysts, video content creators, and self-driving car engineers are perfect examples of this phenomenon.

Experts in these fields possess know-how that did not exist a decade ago.

The pace of this change seems to quicken even further. A popular estimation claims 65% of primary school children will work in jobs that have not yet been created. How to prepare for such a challenge, and even more, feel secure as an employee with the knowledge that the skills we have now might be useless in a few years? And as an employer, how to train your workforce for a changing world?

Dawrat’s online courses provide employers the tools to minimize the cost of learning and democratize education.

The key for workforce excellence has little to do with the knowledge people learn at school and in universities. It’s neither about working for a long time in a particular field - even experienced employees can fall behind.

Lifelong learning is the only way to acquire the skills needed. Employees have to expand their horizons, learn, and continue growing in life. Employers must offer opportunities for further education.

In a world that is so heavily affected by constant change, and thus, where the skills of employees might devalue overnight, efficient and cost-effective solutions are needed to help people adjust to the work environments.

Online vocational training enables learning anytime, anywhere. This type of learning helps university graduates learn the skills they need to find a job, and support employers in training their workforce to be successful in 2021 and beyond.

Dawrat Is Reshaping Online Learning In The MENA Region

Dawrat, an EdtTech platform that has been training learners for more than a decade, offers excellent resources for online vocational training.

Dawrat is the market leader in the MENA region - one of the most unequal regions worldwide. In the Middle East, the top 10% own 56% of national income, and only 12% go to the bottom 50%.

A significant reason behind rising income inequality the relationship between the skills of the employees and technology.

Technological change will outdate employee’s skills. One way to overcome this challenge is to provide training possibilities for affected workers. Thereby, companies improve their human capital which in turn can have a positive effect on the bottom line.

Dawrat offers more than 10,000 courses to over 100,000 users. Instructors teach practical know-how that employees need today to be competitive in the labor market with lessons in a wide range of categories. From IT to social media management to graphic design, young and experienced professionals can improve their skills and acquire new ones with Dawrat.

The company's vision is to enable all people to become continuous learners and skilled employees. Dawrat’s online courses provide employers the tools to minimize the cost of learning and democratize education. Dawrat does all this on an elegant and feasible online platform, accessible to a global workforce.

Although addressing individuals who want to learn is essential, it's not at all enough in the debate of income inequality. Lower-wage employees might not have the time, the means, or the motivation to improve anymore. Tackling the problem from the companies' perspective can be beneficial for both the enterprises and the individuals. Companies that offer vocational training win workers with the knowledge they need; simultaneously, employees potentially win higher salaries. Dawrat also helps companies skill their workforce for the future efficiently and cost-effectively, online.

Compared to face-to-face classes, online training is ideal for employee skilling because it's inexpensive, flexible, and highly efficient. With online vocational education, companies can serve all employees without renting a conference room, hiring a trainer, or reconciling schedules. Employees can finish the learning material at their own pace, at the time they wish. Moreover, employees have more resources than in traditional pen-and-paper settings. They benefit from technology features that support their learning. Also, given workers don't understand something, they have direct instructor access and get answers to their questions.

With these services, Dawrat gained the trust of several governments and companies in the MENA region. The Kuwait based enterprise has already worked together with the Ministry of Education of Qatar, Youth Public Authority of Kuwait, Ministry of Health of Kuwait, Misk Foundation of Saudi Arabia, Huawei, and many others.

The Future of Online Vocational Training?

In the past years, Dawrat experienced growth rates of over 600 percent. Yet, the potential of this market hasn't been fully unfolded.

With more technological advancement, employees will have to acquire new skills, and the need for exceptional vocational training will likely increase further. The eLearning market is estimated to reach over $370 billion by 2026.

Moreover, Dawrat is taking an innovative approach on transforming online education. Dawrat builds on learning science and implements technologies that help learners connect the new material to their prior knowledge, and not only understand, but also apply the material's broader implications. Dawrat also helps learners retrieve the lessons they learned over increasing intervals and in different contexts.