WTEC Academy

About the WTEC Academy Programme

The W.TEC Academy is an afterschool technology club, which presents technology in an engaging way, with the aim of attracting more girls to pursue science and technology careers. The clubs target girls, aged 10 to 17 years, who attend public schools in Nigeria. The students go through a practical and engaging curriculum comprised of programming with Alice and Greenfoot, Mobile Application Development, Computer Architecture, Networking, and Robotics.

Program Details

 

Currently running in:

      • Kwara State
      • Lagos State

Curriculum:

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Computer Architecture
• Scratch Programming
• Alice Programming
• Mobile Application Development
• Digital Video Production
• Career Talks

Partners:

Partners and supporters of this initiative have included Oracle, Afonja – Akinyemi Family Foundation International Research and Exchange Board – IREX, Intel, WeTech, Google, Lagos State Ministry of Education, the National Library – Lagos, Children’s Development Centre – Lagos, Kenneth Dike eLibrary – Awka, National Library – Ilorin, Kwara State, Kwara State Ministry of Education and FEMTECH – Kwara State.

Criteria:

The schools selected to participate in the W.TEC Academy must ideally have a functioning computer laboratory with access to the Internet.

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