#GirlsInICTechWeek -- PNG ICT Meri / NICTA PNG

4/22/2018

Asia & pacific, Papua new guinea, Kimbe, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

ITU News - Papua New Guinea celebrates Girls In ICT Day

#GirlsInICTechWeek is in its third year – and this is the first time the event is taking place in West New Britain Province.

The West New Britain #GirlsInICTechWeek has brought together a total of 24 girls from 7 secondary schools to participate in fun learning activities.

On the first day, the girls learned about computer technology and on the second day they developed a simple website. On the third day, the girls will visit the IT Department of the New Britain Palm Oil company, and on the fourth they will attend a full-day seminar.

The special guest-facilitator is Crystal Kewe, a 19-year old self-taught software developer, based in Port Moresby and Chief Technical Officer of her own company, Crysan Technology.

The girls were also made aware of the National Information Communication Technology Authority (NICTA) scholarship that has been running since 2016. The scholarship funds tuition for 4 girls who decide to pursue further studies in the field of ICT.

Sponsors to this year’s #GirlsInICTechWeek event include New Britain Palm Oil Limited, the New Britain New Ireland Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist and the National Information Communication Technology Authority (NICTA) as well as a number of other individual sponsors.

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The 3-day learning ended with a site visit to one of Papua New Guinea's biggest IT Network - IT Department of the New Britain Palm Oil Limited with a tour around the various areas of the IT Department - Server room, support, applications and VSAT areas.

The #GirlsInICTechWeek ends with the GirlsInICT Day Seminar that will take place on the International Girls in ICT Day, Thursday 26th April, 2018 at the Genesis Haven Conference Room where it is an open event for other students to join in and listen to inspiring speakers of women in ICT and how ICT is being utilised in the workplace - There will be a panel of discussions amongst the student participants and women in ICT on a certain topic concerning ICT and education.

Thank you to Kimbe International School for their computer lab for the practical software development sessions on Tuesday.

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