On the latest launch of the Cross-Polytechnic Women in Tech (GIT) committee, the Singapore Ladies in Tech (SG WIT), led by the Infocomm Media Growth Authority and the 5 Polytechnics specifically Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, and Temasek Polytechnic has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) goals to develop and nurture the curiosity of ladies in expertise.
Cross-Polytechnic Women in Tech Committee will symbolize Singapore’s 5 polytechnics. The brand new committee desires to develop ladies’ curiosity in IT by way of workshops, hackathons, and mentorship and is focused to succeed in over 700 members yearly.
I’m happy to see the acknowledgement and assist being given to the highly effective conversations, actions and views that ladies can deliver to the tech sector.
– Krystal Lim Yun Shi, President, Cross-Polytechnic Women, Tech Committee
They’re obsessed with working along with SG Ladies in Tech and different trade companions on this mission and searching ahead to extra ladies and trade companions becoming a member of their group to create higher vitality within the expertise panorama over the following decade and past. These additional gasoline the fervour and conviction for extra multi-faceted potentialities to domesticate expertise potential amongst females.
In Singapore, round 4 out of ten tech professionals are ladies, which is above the worldwide common. SG WIT will proceed to succeed in out to women and girls to ignite their enthusiasm and curiosity within the expertise trade by exposing them to the probabilities of an thrilling tech occupation.
This partnership between SG WIT and the Cross-Polytechnic Women in Tech Committee will improve the variety of potentialities for digital companies to show how women and girls can contribute to the tech ecosystem.
Moreover, the newly shaped Cross-Polytechnic GIT Committee is comprised of feminine infocomm expertise college students from the 5 polytechnics. In accordance with the MOU, the 5 polytechnics will collaborate with the Cross-Polytechnic GIT to retain, domesticate, and broaden ladies’ curiosity in a profession within the tech trade.
This will probably be completed by way of programmes together with lectures, workshops, competitions, and mentoring alternatives. SGWIT will assist these Cross-Polytechnic GIT programmes by way of audio system, places, and sponsorship.
Women from Institutes of Greater Studying, together with these from Institutes of Technical Schooling, and universities will probably be invited to company excursions, tech talks, and sharing classes with feminine tech executives through the annual “Women in Tech Week” in October 2022.
That is meant to encourage girls to seize possibilities and overcome obstacles in numerous tech-related skilled roles. Final yr’s inaugural three-day digital “Women in Tech Week” attracted over 380 individuals, in addition to ladies leaders from 17 taking part tech organisations who mentioned the tech trade and their private profession experiences and paths.
The 5 Polytechnics welcome the robust assist supplied by Singapore Ladies in Tech, trade leaders, and the area people to groom and develop the following technology of feminine tech expertise, and they’re thrilled to see quite a few tech firms and leaders taking motion to draw, retain, and develop expertise amongst feminine college students pursuing ICT programs on the polytechnics.
The creation of the Cross-Polytechnic Women in Tech Committee, coupled with this engagement with main businesses and trade companions, is an thrilling step towards constructing a supportive surroundings for the feminine college students as they embark on a profitable profession path within the tech trade.
Because the inception of the SG WIT motion in 2019, the motion has prolonged to include extra Women in Tech programming, reminiscent of recognising ladies from faculties and better training establishments below the “Women in Tech” class on the 2021 SG100WIT record.
The signing of the MOU was witnessed by Senior Minister of State for Communications and Data, Dr Janil Puthucheary and Minister of State for Communications and Data, Mr Tan Kiat How.
