To mark the 2022 International Girls in ICT Day, the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation organised a series of activities. As part of this, an introductory computing session was held on Wednesday 27 April 2022 for the girls of Sikè Nord State Primary School in Cotonou.
To mark the 2022 International Girls in ICT Day, the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation organised a series of activities. As part of this, an introductory computing session was held on Wednesday 27 April 2022 for the girls of Sikè Nord State Primary School in Cotonou.
110 girls from the CM1 and CM2 classes (the last two years of primary school) of the four class groups of EPP Sikè Nord took an introductory course in using computers. The activity, held in the school’s digital classroom, was officially launched by Mr François AGOUA, Director General of the Beninese Agency for Universal Service in Electronic Communications and Postal Services (ABSU-CEP), representing the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation. He recalled that this “day was established to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of Information and Communication Technologies, and gives them the means to do so.”
On behalf of the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, the Director General of ABSU-CEP encouraged the girls to be curious so that they start developing, from an early age, the skills that will serve them later in their careers. He also took the opportunity to make teachers and parents aware of the need to support and encourage girls to take up science subjects and, later, a career in the ICT sector.
The training was organised in partnership with Women Ed Tech, a digital training centre.