Keeping pace with the rapid changes in the EdTech landscape and the requirements of digital transformation, almentor is keen to devote strenuous and tangible efforts to introduce great learning and development opportunities to every segment of the society, including the people of determination to stimulate their role as active and productive individuals.
Accordingly, almentor signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft at CAIRO ICT 22 – (International Technology Fair and Forum for the Middle East & Africa), based on a shared objective with Microsoft to use tools and educational programs that empower people of determination, by training students and teachers with hearing impairments using sign language innovatively and uniquely and with the best practices in the field of self-learning to unlock their potential.
Under this agreement, Microsoft will provide “Microsoft Education” programs to be available on almentor platform including programs for learning cloud technologies for teachers, as well as providing technical advice related to the modern curriculum, in addition to the assessment tools that enable users to achieve remarkable results.
On the occasion, Eng. Sally Metwally, executive vice president for Business Development, stated that almentor’s corporate social responsibility has been at the heart of our operations. Moreover, we always take major steps to assure our commitment to delivering the highest quality of products and services. Hence, almentor was keen to collaborate with Microsoft to provide smart solutions that enhance self-learning by providing knowledge and training to develop the skill set of both hearing-impaired students and teachers through its platform, along with reinforcing their digital skills and competencies to meet labour market needs and achieve professional and personal learning goals. As a result, Arabs with hearing impairment will be able to easily acquire high-quality learning experiences.
Equally important, almentor provides specialized trainers to translate educational content using sign language, in addition to professional training content for Microsoft learning programs. Almentor also provides marketing training programs using Microsoft channels and hosting the content on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform designed to help bring new solutions with tools and frameworks of the learner’s choice.
Furthermore, almentor’s platform has proudly delivered more than three million learning experiences since its inception in 2018, and it seeks, through its partnership with Microsoft, to enhance the knowledge and skills of more than 10 million people of determination in the Arab world.
About almentor: Almentor is an Arabic platform for self-learning via the Internet, aiming to empower the Arab person by providing the necessary skills to advance in their professional career and personal development, through gaining access to its rich library of training courses, delivered by hundreds of specialists and experts in various fields.