Mentoring Program Launched

March 26, 2019

With the current statistics that state that there is a gender inbalance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, alot of effort is made to attract females to the technology field, But what then? What happens to females that finally enrol for a STEM related course ?

This is where the mentoring program comes in. It pairs the student with a female professional in A STEM field to guide and advice her personally and proffessionaly and help her make informed career and life decisions.

Mentoring has been known to have benefits for both the mentor and the mentee in several ways like increasing self confidence for the mentee due to the support provided by a mentor, who has been in similar circumstances academically and possibly even in their personal lives. They are more open minded due to the challenges provided by the mentor and the same intellectual challenges benefit the mentor as well. Find more benefits of mentoring here and understand why mentoring is part of bridging the gender gap in STEM, in order to be able to attract females into STEM courses, transition them successfully to STEM careers and retain them.

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