Calabar, Nigeria – The Affiliation of Skilled Girls Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has referred to as on Nigerian dad and mom to interrupt the kitchen stereotypes amongst their feminine youngsters.
This was disclosed by Dr Adebisi Osim, President of APWEN, on Monday in Calabar throughout a one-day engagement with pupils of Duke City and Edgerly Main Faculties.
The engagement, which was in commemoration of the “Introduce a Lady to Engineering Day” held yearly on Feb. 22, noticed the affiliation practice the kids on the manufacturing of balloon toy vehicles to encourage them to decide on engineering as they get older.
Talking to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN), Osim stated they needed to rejoice the day on Monday, Feb. 24, in a public college and never on its actual date, which was a weekend, as a result of they wanted to have ample and high quality time with the kids.
The president, who can also be a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), stated it was essential to let the society know that the lady youngster had a voice and will grow to be no matter she needed to grow to be, together with changing into an engineer.
“We got here to Duke City Main College, which is a public and one of many oldest main faculties in Cross River, to let the younger ladies know that they’ll equally grow to be engineers.
“We’re fairly conscious of the challenges of public faculties within the nation, which vary from lack of amenities to poor profession counselling; that’s the reason we’re right here to really catch them younger, she stated.
She stated her previous programmes had targeting ladies in junior secondary faculties the place they inspired them to have interaction in Science, Know-how, Engineering, and Arithmetic (STEM) programmes.
She famous that it was fascinating to state that whereas they taught the kids virtually tips on how to make balloon vehicles, the kids have been so excited and went forward to supply theirs, which means there was hope for the lady youngster in engineering.
Among the pupils who spoke to NAN stated they have been excited concerning the initiative, including that they have been going to place what they learnt through the engagement to observe of their varied houses.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) state that Introduce a Lady to Science Day is an initiative aimed toward inspiring younger ladies to discover careers in STEM. It
It encourages hands-on studying, mentorship, and publicity to feminine position fashions in a scientific discipline with the intention of breaking gender stereotypes, boosting confidence, and rising feminine illustration in STEM industries. (NAN)
