With digital skills becoming even more in demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)is set to hold two technology camps for girls and young children during the long summer holiday.

The She Creates Camp for teenage girls aged 13-17 would run virtually from August 17 to September 10, while the Early Innovators Camp for seven to 12-year-old children, both boys and girls, would run from August 2-27.

A statement by the W.TEC Communications Officer, Mr. Adeyemi Odutola noted that girls would learn about UI/UX Design, website design, Artificial Intelligence with Python Programming, and Film Editing during the four week camp which has as theme: “Solve for X”.

Odutola said last year, when the first virtual camps held, W.TEC recorded participants from across Nigeria and even Europe.  He called on organisations to partner with the centre to sponsor girls for the STEAM camp, which cost N30,000 per week and N20,000 for the Innovators camp.

“W.TEC is open to partnerships with organisations, corporate bodies and individuals who would like to provide in-kind or cash support or sponsor girls to participate in the camp,” he said.

Odutola said past participants displayed enhanced leadership skills; creativity; problem-solving and communication abilities as a result of participating in the camp.

Source: The Nations Newspaper