Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label schlorship

Encouraging Girls to Pursue Tech Careers: Indian Coding Academy Offers 100% Scholarships

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in encouraging girls to pursue careers in technology. Despite efforts to promote gender equality in the industry, girls are still underrepresented in tech-related fields. In India, a prominent educational institution, Indian Coding Academy, has taken a step towards promoting girls' education in technology by offering 100% scholarships for girls to enroll in its coding courses. According to a study by the National Science Foundation , women represent only 28% of the science and engineering workforce in India. This gender gap is even more pronounced in the tech industry, where women account for only 17% of the workforce. Despite the low numbers, girls are showing an increasing interest in technology-related fields. A survey by Girls Who Code found that 74% of high school girls expressed interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, but only 0.4% of high school girls choose computer science as their maj