STEM education and digital literacy for female secondary school students in Osun State, delivered with the U.S. Consulate General Lagos.
Osun Girls Can Code is MLI's flagship STEM education and gender equity programme — delivered in partnership with the U.S. Consulate General Lagos. The programme provides secondary school girls with structured coding instruction, digital literacy training, and the leadership confidence to pursue futures in technology and innovation.
The 2022 programme opened in January 2022 at Ataoja School of Science, Osogbo, and ran for six months. Female students from public and private secondary schools across Osun State, together with their teachers, were trained in coding and digital literacy, with the training co-funded by the Institute and the U.S. Consulate General Lagos. It closed in July 2022 with a school competition in which teams presented apps built around community challenges, including mental health awareness, adult literacy, anti-gambling and abuse awareness.
Independent coverage: Vanguard, January 2022 · Vanguard, July 2022.
The programme addresses a critical gap: girls in secondary school are statistically underrepresented in STEM education and almost entirely absent from coding instruction. Osun Girls Can Code intervenes at precisely the moment when girls are most likely to be tracked away from technology — and builds the skills, confidence, and peer community to change that trajectory.
Female secondary school students (JSS3–SS3) across Osun State, selected through a school-based application process. Programme costs are fully covered — no financial barrier to participation.
Six-month programme in 2022. Participating schools selected students through a school-based application process. Sessions combine in-school facilitation, digital workshops, and peer community activities. Culminates in a showcase where participants demonstrate their technical projects.
Whether you are a prospective participant, a school or institution interested in hosting the programme, or an organisation considering partnership — we would love to hear from you.
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