Middle East, 27th November: The region’s leading online school today reported a sharp increase in demand for courses that give young people specialist skills related to computer technology.
Cody Claver, the General Manager of iCademy Middle East, says it shows how parents and children are now looking to digital jobs and careers more than ever.
Speaking from the iCademy Middle East Learning Centre in Dubai’s Knowledge Village, he said: “We have more than 160 elective courses that most traditional schools in the region are not able to have on their curriculum.
“Since the summer we have seen that those relating to digital technology are very popular and in particular specialist skills such as computer coding.
“The feedback is that in the UAE and across the GCC parents and children are looking at the future job market and understanding there are massive opportunities in the digital world.
“With this in mind we are developing courses in this field and look forward to helping young people develop these skills.”
Mr Claver runs iCademy, which is internationally accredited, teaches through blended learning – using both online methods and actual teaching.
They have staff qualified in everything from languages to technology and science and the courses are designed to be as flexible as possible.
In the set of courses covering computer technology they have seen a year-on-year growth in the region of around 20% and in Dubai and Abu Dhabi it is particularly strong.
One of the reasons is that it allows students to have more choice when they start a career – both in the profession and geographically.
Mr Claver added: “The technology courses also allows people to go at their own pace and we have those who want to accelerate their learning and those who need to fit it into the rest of their education.”
Get in touch with iCademy at https://icademymiddleeast.com
About iCademy Middle East.
iCademy Middle East runs a fully accredited, US-curriculum program. For too long the delivery of education has been designed around curricula, instead of around the student. iCademy provides a bespoke, flexible and rigorous blended-learning approach to truly maximize the potential of their pupils.
iCademy Middle East’s personalized approach to learning ensures complete engagement. Learning can be undertaken at each child’s pace, meaning that children no longer slip under the radar. Other schools promise individualized learning: iCademy Middle East delivers it.
The online school is for grades K-12 and the Learning Centers cater for children from kindergarten through to grade 12. iCademy can benefit
- Gifted and talented and require timetable flexibility
- Advanced learners who outstretch their peers academically
- Those that may have learning difficulties, special educational needs or disabilities
- Children that have been excluded from school
- Individuals that suffer from social anxiety
- Children that have been bullied in a school setting
- Those requiring additional support
- Students that respond well to learning outside the traditional environment
- Those that move regularly and for whom bricks and mortar schools are not appropriate (military families for instance)
- Those that cannot get a place in a bricks and mortar school and/or are on waiting lists
- Those that are not being challenged enough at school
- Expat children living in the GCC without access to high-quality bricks and mortar schools
Get in touch with iCademy at https://icademymiddleeast.com