Ten proficient feminine engineering ultimate 12 months college students have been awarded this 12 months’s Telecel Ghana’s Feminine Engineering College students Scholarship Programme (FESSP) at a ceremony held in Accra.
The ten beneficiaries embody 4 college students from the University of Ghana, three from the College of Mines and Tech
nology, and one every from Kwame Nkrumah College of Science and Expertise, College of Cape Coast and Ghana Communications Expertise College.
Every awardee will obtain GH¢ 5,000 in the direction of their ultimate 12 months tuition, a pill laptop with six-month free information entry, mentorship by seasoned feminine professionals at Telecel, internships alternatives and precedence consideration for full-time roles.
Sharing her personal journey for example, Chief Government of Telecel Ghana, Ms Patricia Obo-Nai, urged the brand new cohort to embrace the various alternatives in Science, Expertise, Engineering, and Arithmetic (STEM).
“I started my journey as an intern, progressed via varied expertise roles, later transitioned into business operations, and at present, I’m in administration. Be open to studying new expertise, embrace new challenges, keep curious on the job, and don’t hesitate to ask your mentors questions. Profit from this chance,” she stated.
This 12 months, 48 eligible candidates from the accomplice establishments have been thought of, with 21 advancing to the ultimate interview stage.
Talking on the occasion on the aim and choice technique of the FESSP, Rachael Appenteng, Human Useful resource Director of Telecel Ghana, stated that the initiative was important for the development of STEM and essential for promoting range and inclusion globally.
“Every of you have been chosen due to your expertise and potential. We consider in you, and we’re dedicated to supporting you on this journey. Embrace the opportunity to be taught, and let it encourage you to pave the best way for the subsequent era of feminine engineers,” she stated.
One of many recipients, Megan Nana Aba Welsing, a final-year Laptop Engineering pupil on the College of Ghana stated she labored in the direction of this achievement, and it feels fulfilling to see her years of learning rewarded.
“I’m excited to seek out my area of interest within the working area and develop my comfortable expertise so I can change into extra assured and daring via the mentorship and sensible work expertise. Then I can use this expertise to affect different youthful females to pursue careers in STEM,” Ms Weising stated.
Madam Christiana, a mom to one of many FESSP recipients, expressed her gratitude for the funding within the younger girls via the mentorship, financial and profession benefits given them.
Since its introduction in 2011, FESSP has thus far supported 100 feminine engineering college students from 5 universities, at a time when feminine retention in engineering stays low globally. Based on UNESCO, girls make up simply 16.5 per cent of the engineering workforce worldwide, a determine that shrinks additional in management roles.
BY TIMES REPORTER
