{"id":2802,"date":"2024-08-12T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parastatal1.govmu.org\/mdpa1\/?page_id=2802"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:18:58","slug":"girls-in-ict-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdpa.govmu.org\/mdpa\/index.php\/girls-in-ict-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls In ICT Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2802\" class=\"elementor elementor-2802\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25b7d045 ct-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25b7d045\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36c6fc68\" data-id=\"36c6fc68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77dcf47e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77dcf47e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Projects<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-740778b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"740778b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"mausign\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34bc9c5b\" data-id=\"34bc9c5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f86abc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1f86abc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae38778 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae38778\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35fd702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35fd702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Girls in ICT Day<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de5b956 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"de5b956\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989cce3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"989cce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c4f38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8c4f38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-823debb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"823debb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated each year in April to underscore the critical need for strong female role models in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. The objective of Girls in ICT Day is to bridge the barriers girls face in STEM education and to reinforce gender equalities by providing digital skills and tools to girls.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4321 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mdpa.govmu.org\/mdpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/533350_Girls_in_ICT_banner-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"440\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><h5>Objectives<\/h5><div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The objective of Girls in ICT Day is to bridge the barriers girls face in STEM education and to reinforce gender equalities by providing online access, skills education, digital tools training, community support and opportunities to girls to be equipped with the necessary skills to think laterally, solve problems, and innovate.<\/p><\/div><p><strong>Over the years, MDPA in collaboration with our parent Ministry, has marked this day through:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Presentations in State Secondary Schools and Career Talk during Infotech<\/li><li>Girls often do not opt for Computer Science subjects at secondary level as a result of wrongly perceived misconceptions and stereotypes on the future career paths for ICT graduates. To dispel these misconceptions, In 2019, MDPA showcased various facets of ICT, both in terms of tertiary studies and ICT careers, through video interviews of role models of students enrolled at universities as well as 8 Women IT Role Models, actively pursuing rewarding careers<\/li><li>In 2022, MDPA organised 4 Boot Camps, where some 150 girls from\u00a0 36 secondary schools of the 4 Educational Zones participated were introduced to block coding for programmable devices<\/li><li>In 2023, MDPA organised a Video Competition for secondary girl students of Grades 11 and 12, on 3 IT themes namely, Cyberbullying, Bridging the Digital Divide between generations and Transitioning from Physical to Digital World. Forty teams, comprising a total of 145 students were retained for the Competition<\/li><\/ul><h4><strong>Girls in ICT 2024<\/strong><\/h4><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Bootcamps 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The MDPA organised phase 1 of 3D Design &amp; Printing Boot Camps in 2 Educational Zones for the benefit of girls attending secondary schools to mark Girls in ICT Day 2024. This Girls in ICT Project was organized in collaboration of the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology.<\/p><p><strong><u>Objectives of the Bootcamps<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>The objectives of organising the Boot Camps are as follows:<\/p><ul><li>Initiate more Girls on the concept of 3D Printing Technology.<\/li><li>Enable development of 3D designing skills which would benefit them later<\/li><li>Inspire and encourage fabrication of useful objects in team, since a young age.<\/li><li>Promote more girls in the STEM Education<\/li><\/ul><p>Phase 1 of the Boot Camps was held in Zones 1 and 2 during the Easter Holidays for grade 12 students during school Easter holidays from the 15<sup>th<\/sup> to 18<sup>th<\/sup> April 2024.<\/p><p><strong><u>Competition<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>In order to encourage more girls in the field of Technology the MDPA also organised a competition on Day 2 of the Boot Camp to reward the best team for the most innovative objects designed. The students had to design a 3D model based on a design assigned to them in a time frame of 2 hours. 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