The Local Content Unit in the Petroleum Directorate of the Ministry of Energy, is embarking on a gender mainstreaming tour of some selected Senior High  Schools (SHS) across the country.

This is to sensitize students on the fundamentals of Ghana’s Energy sector with key focus on the petroleum industry.

In all, 12 senior high schools will be visited by the end of the tour.

The team will also provide students with career guidance and employment opportunities in the industry. The move is part of the ministry’s Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector Project, which is aimed at increasing female participation in Ghana’s Energy Sector.

The first phase of the project focuses on a sensitization and career guidance programme in the Petroleum and Power sector at Senior High Schools across the country.

The sensitization programme takes the form of forums across selected Senior High Schools (SHS) preferably female SHS in the 10 regions.

This is to whip up enthusiasm of female students and encourage them to choose courses relevant to the industry at the tertiary level.

Selected schools to be visited in June 2017, in the Western, Central and Volta Regions, are Nkuroful, Kikam, Nsein, Archbishop Porter Girls all in the Western Region, Ghana National, Wesley Girls, Holy Child and Mfantsiman Girls also in the Central Region and, Ola Girls, Mawuli SHS, Keta Secondary and Angloga SHS.

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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana