Vodacom Trains 25 Female Students

Vodacom Business Nigeria has trained twenty-five female students of Clemmy High School, Agodo-Egbe, Lagos, on Internet of Things (IoTs) as part of its support for the Girls in ICT programme.

The students from SS1 and SS2, learned how IoT is used in ensuring people’s safety and in securing property in today’s world. They also toured the company’s facilities, exposing them to the importance of connectivity and data security to individuals and businesses in this age.

Clemmy High School emerged as winners of the App development and Quiz Competition which was part of the Girls in ICT Day celebration last month, organization by E-Business Life.

Miss Chidera Onyekuru and Miss Peace Agboola both SS2 students of Clemmy high school; and winners of the quiz and App development competition at the Girls in ICT Day Celebration, were presented with brand new laptops by Lanre Kolade for their brilliance and Miss Agboola’s ingenious development of a Mobile App she named “Talk to me”. The app read out text on a mobile device as it recognizes hand gestures.

The aim of training female students in particular was to demystify the myth that ICT is for males, predominantly; encouraging more female students to choose ICT as their course of study at tertiary levels of education. The training also empowered female students to maximize their use of ICT, so that they are not left behind in the digital world.

The Managing Director, Vodacom Business Nigeria, Lanre Kolade, urged ICT teachers to adopt fresh approaches to the subject to generate higher levels of interest among females.

“The choice of studying ICT depends largely on the student’s interest in science subjects at the secondary level of education. Teachers must begin to adopt innovative ways of teaching the subject  so that more students, especially females will not only become interested in ICT but choose to work in ICT industries upon completing their studies,” he said.

He also advised the participants during the training not to be intimidated by subjects like physics, chemistry and biology but to enjoy them as  integral part of their daily lives.