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Technical Education Encourages the Use of Technology

Encouraging the use of technology in vocational education institutions aims to transform them from mere tools and machines into a thinking pattern and a problem-solving method. It provides a way of thinking about the use of knowledge, information, skills, technologies, and machines to increase students' capabilities and deepen their understanding of the modern job markets filled with various technologies.

Technical education promotes awareness of technological developments. Vocational education and training institutions achieve this by:

  1. Transforming training workshops in vocational education institutions into facilities that rely on the latest technological methods.
  2. Integrating modern technologies used in professions into vocational training institutions.
  3. Teaching students how to use and operate modern machines.
  4. Encouraging students to use modern technology and keeping them updated on developments relevant to their training.
  5. Incorporating technological applications into various specializations, such as automotive technology, communications, and CNC machines in metal shaping and woodworking.
  6. Establishing modern computer labs and using the latest industrial drawing and electronic software.
  7. Integrating technology into training and education plans, providing all necessary resources.
  8. Providing technological tools for delivering information to students and not relying solely on the curriculum as a primary source of education.
  9. Using LCD technologies, smart boards, the internet in the education process, and multimedia programs.
  10. Using technology in theoretical preparation by having modern computer labs.
  11. Adopting a mini-teaching method, utilizing platforms like YouTube, videos, and simulation to enhance students' practical performance.

Education and training usually depend on acquiring competencies, professional, and technical skills, keeping up with technology to ensure students are ready for direct integration into the job market and have a high ability to continue evolving.

The use of modern technology contributes to increased employment opportunities for vocational education graduates in the job market by:

  1. Enhancing graduates' readiness to work on the latest machines and programs.
  2. Increasing graduates' ability to continuously follow modern technological developments.
  3. Boosting the job market's confidence in vocational education graduates.
  4. Improving the efficiency of graduates years after graduation and developing their learning skills.
  5. Strengthening graduates' confidence in the quality of the training they received.
  6. Connecting graduates to local, regional, and global markets as technology has become the language of the world in the knowledge-based economy.
  7. Therefore, integrating technology into vocational training contributes to the distinction of vocational education graduates, increasing their employment opportunities by incorporating technology into the vocational training and education process.