Towards building a strong knowledge-based of Information Communication Technology among female gender, Ghana’s Girls in ICT Program, a digital skill for young women and girls has kicked off in some Senior High schools in the Oti region of Ghana.
The program is aimed at ensuring that all girls stay safe on the internet. The target is to ensure all girls in the Oti region benefit from the Cyber Security and Data Privacy training.
A Huawei Instructor who is also a lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon, Mr Julius Yaw Ludu took the children through an interactive session.
During the training, students were educated on cybersecurity, information security and Data privacy.
They were further enlightened on the top 10 common cybersecurity threats they are often exposed to on the internet; these include but are not limited to the following; Malware attacks, phishing, password attacks, Man-in-the-middle attacks, Distributed Denial-of-service attacks, Drive-by-download attacks, Malvertising, Rogue software attack and Business Email Compromise attack.
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Students further asked questions on how to be safe on social media platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram and tiktok. They were educated on two major steps which include two-factor verification and controlling devices linked to their accounts.
Ladies from Kyabobo Girl, Nkwanta SHS and Kpassa Senior High Technical School (SHTS) were trained on the first day while Ladies from Krachi SHS and the Kete-Krachi SHTS benefited from the program on the second day.
Ladies in Nsukawkwa SHS; Yabram Community Day SHS and Oti SHTS, Nkonya SHS, Bowiri SHTS; Tapaman; Wurawura; Biakoye Community. will benefit from the training today.
Others who will benefit from the program from tomorrow include; Kadjebi Asato SHS; Dodi Papasi SHTS; Ahamanso Islamic SHS will participate in the training in the morning whiles, ladies from Buenan SHS; Okadjakrom and Baglo Ridge SHTS, Likpe and Akpafu SHS.
The program is being organized by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation in collaboration with Huawei Ghana; MoE and the GES.
The Girls-in-ICT Program is an initiative of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) aimed at encouraging young girls to take up career courses in ICT.
