The 2024 Girls-In-ICT program for the Ashanti Region was won by Success Joycelyn Dadzie, a 10-year-old Basic 6 student at Hwidiem Municipal Assembly (MA) Basic School in Ghana’s Asante Akyem North District.
Joycelyn demonstrated remarkable mastery of ICT concepts, including fundamental computer skills in Scratch, cybersecurity, game development, animation, and coding, by earning a perfect score of 100.
She was awarded GHC 3,000 in cash, a laptop, a certificate, a plaque, and an ICT lab for her school in recognition of her outstanding performance.
Amponsah Yaa Darkoaa, a 13-year-old JHS 2 student from Ejisu Municipal, took second place. She also received a GHC 2,500 cash prize, a laptop, a certificate, an ICT lab for her school, and a plaque.
Michelle Boakyewaa Boakye, a 12-year-old student from Atwima Kwanwoma who was in third place, also received the same set of prizes as well as GHC2,000 in cash.
Under the direction of Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization is leading the Girls-In-ICT initiative, a flagship program designed to empower girls to pursue careers in STEM fields and close the gender digital divide.
Girls throughout Ghana will participate in extensive ICT training sessions as part of the program, which ends with a regional competition to display the girls’ abilities.
A successful phase that trained and engaged 1,000 girls came to an end with the Ashanti Regional edition’s climax.
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