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By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA
Takoradi, May 29, GNA – Mrs. Ursula
Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications said that it's time for girls to be
exposed to the various possibilities that existed in the sector of the information technologies
and communication space.
She also called on parents to change
care that their children become doctors, teachers,
Journalists among established professions to become software
developers, application specialists and programmers, among others well-paid
sectors in the field of ICT.
The Minister of Communication therefore
called for a "renewal of spirits" especially for girls
involvement in ICT as the country evolved to reach components of the SDGs.
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful speaking at the apogee of the
The national celebration of girls in ICT 2019 said that ICTs were not a complex area of
pursuit as perceived by the layers of society, but with discipline, determination
and commitment, it has been possible to create a country where women work in ICTs.
The national celebration of girls in ICTs took place
the theme: "broaden horizons, change attitudes" and was to communicate
the need for girls to venture into the growing sector that
rewarding work opportunities.
A total of 600 girls from nine districts
in the western region took part in the program.
The International Telecommunication Union
initiated the project to integrate more girls and women into the IT space
and work to end the seemingly growing gap between men and women in the
sector.
The sector minister has declared a strategy and
A systematic approach has been adopted by the Ministry to achieve the vision of
girls in this sector, "already more than 4,000 girls have been exposed to
field was added to the various curricula during coding ".
"We are also considering mentoring for
these girls to connect them with world-famous women in the digital space
as well as the suppression of the misconceptions badociated with the study of the subject …
This is not the case that ICTs make antisocial learners ".
Ms. Ursula called the academic world, the stakeholders
and counselors to start guiding girls to appreciate the subject
to take an interest in and follow career courses in this regard.
The day was institutionalized and would
scored twice in a given year.
In December, the central region would organize
the second edition.
Exceptional girls, teachers and
Coordinators received computers and other learning materials.
Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the West
The regional minister said that young women engineers of the Atuabo gas plant,
increased the number of women in technical and vocational training.
He said that the world was running a digital
time and no one, including women, should be left out.
GNA
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