Group takes technovation to girl child in grassroots

By Maryam Abeeb

As part of efforts to boost girl child education, a group known as Odyssey Education Foundation has organized a pitch event in technovation for girl in rural schools in Nasarawa state.

The pitch event is to be organised among 92 schools in FCT-Abuja, Nasarawa, Kano, and Bayelsa states.

While speaking to journalists at the event, in Nasarawa , the Founder of Odyssey Educational Foundation and Chapter Ambassador of “Technovation Girls” Abuja-FCT, Stella Uzochukwu-Denis , disclosed that the foundation is created to increase the number of females studying and applying for STEM jobs among young people in Nigeria.

According to her, the Technovation challenge is an excellent initiative that encourages young women to use technology to make the world a better place.

“we’re here to ensure that we’re not just in Abuja Metropolis alone , that even rural areas and all other places we have young girls to get to know about technology .

“Most of them said they could discourage because you they told them that they cannot, people saying you are too small to be able to think of a whole building. That’s our own story for us today. So it’s so much fulfillment.

One of the of the participants, a 12 years old Stephen Hephzibah said that the event has really helped her to know that girls can be better than boys.

“My advice for the girls is that they should just know that they can do anything and they can also create something that can make a difference in Nigeria,” she stated.

Also, another girl at the event, Comfort Godwin, that the program has made her know more information about technology and innovation.

Speaking further, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , STEM educator, Jacqueline Peter said that there is need for the society to encourage girl child to be involved in technology.

She noted “if teachers are involved, parents are involved and students are also interested in getting involved you know, look at almost every school, we participated in television, and then we see young girls doing amazing things in tech.

“So if there’s a way we can involve the society go through the society or not just through the school so that the parents understand what’s coming. That way they can also encourage the students and you know, that can be hindered because a lot of girls that were not able to portray their status or they didn’t complete the discouragements came from their families and just surrounding people that don’t understand what’s going on. So yeah, that’s about it.