Girls-In-ICT trust fund to be launched this year, says Ursula
aims to enhance the digital skills of young women and girls in the career fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and most importantly, ICT
The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed that a trust fund for its flagship programme, “Girls in Information and Communication Technology (Girls-In-ICT)”, will be launched this year.
The programme aims to enhance the digital skills of young women and girls in the career fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and, most importantly, ICT.
Speaking to Asaase News during a tour of some selected training centers in the capital on Tuesday (2 July), the minister siad the move formed part of efforts to ensure the sustainability of the Girls-In-ICT programme.
“We need to find a way to sustain it so this year, we’re setting up a Girls-In-ICT trust that will have its own board of trustees. They will be able to write proposals to raise funds. We have funding agencies who are already signed up to be trustees so that they can also factor it into their programming” Owusu-Ekuful said.
Owusu-Ekuful added that her ministry seeks to expand the number of beneficiaries of the Girls-In-ICT programme this year from three thousand to ten thousand.
“We can extend it beyond the three thousand girls that we train in a year to at least ten thousand a year, sustain and grow the mentorship aspect of it, because that’s what gives them visible role models to aspire to be like.”
The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation aims to work closely with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, as well as other private entities, to narrow the gender-digital divide in the country.
Day one saw Ursula tour three training centers namely; Ola R/C Basic School, Kotobabi 2/3 Basic School, and St. Joseph Anglican Basic, all in the Greater Accra region.
Reporting by Clankson Acheampong in Accra
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