Chennai: Internshala Trainings, the e-learning arm of Internshala, recently brought out the yearly ‘e-learning trends report’ highlighting the growing inclination of learners towards online learning.

Observing a steep growth over the past 6 years, from 2015-2021, the platform projects that there would be 1 million students registering for online trainings, in a year, by 2025.

As per the report, increasing job prospects in the field of technology and online marketing led to the popularisation of trainings like programming with Python with 26% enrollments, and digital marketing and web development with 23% enrollments in each.

Other trainings amongst the top 5 popular skills that students learnt in 2020-21 included AutoCAD and machine learning with 14% enrollments in each.

A report also suggests that 38% of the learners enrolled in an online training to get an internship or job opportunity and 37% of the learners wanted to learn a new skill. Getting a certificate, building their own project, and fulfilling college requirements were other major reasons why most of the learners chose online trainings.

Addressing the increasing popularity of online trainings among learners, Sarvesh Agrawal, the founder and CEO of Internshala Trainings said, “New-age job opportunities require young learners to hone and continue updating their skill-set for career progression. Young graduates and professionals prefer online trainings as these are affordable, short-termed, self-paced, practice-based, and ensure knowledge building anytime, anywhere.

“We are constantly striving to make a world-class product by introducing new beginner-level trainings, specialisation courses, engaging gamification elements, and advanced assessment techniques to make learning accessible to all and to provide the best services to our learners,” he added.