Queen Nozizwe focuses on young girls’ education
MBABANE – Nozizwe Mulelwa, the Managing Director (MD) of EswatiniBank has reaffirmed her support for the education of young girls.
The MD, through The Forum for African Women Educationalists Eswatini (FAWEESWA), an organisation she is a patron of, honoured six girls who have proven that excellence is an attainable standard.
The young girls obtained remarkable results last year in their studies. The six pupils are enrolled in different secondary schools in Form I and Form II to pursue their education. The event was held at the Global Village Guest House in Manzini on Thursday.
FAWEESWA has developed a scholarship fund mobilised by Mulela to see the young girls through high school, especially those gifted in STEM subjects. FAWEESWA is an affiliate of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), a Pan-African NGO set up to empower girls through education.
FAWE supports girls to access and excel in education, building their confidence and enabling them to lead successful and fulfilling lives. “I am glad to be associated with FAWEESWA as their patron and to be part of the journey of empowerment of girls. In the organisation, we invest more in girls’ education because girls face numerous challenges relating to growth and personal development,” said the MD.
The MD went on to mention that through research and analysis by FAWEESWA, it was evident that a significant gender gap has persisted at all levels of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics disciplines and the time to close the gap was now.
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She went on to highlight the organisation’s continuous efforts to mitigate the discrepancies by successfully running workplace attachments with companies such as Eswatini Post and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC), Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital (RFM) and Shiselweni Forestry Company to mention a few.
She mentioned that EswatiniBank will hopefully come to the party and offer the same services.
The event coincided with the graduation of 33 educators from 15 schools in the Lubombo Region on gender responsive pedagogy (GRP). GRP refers to teaching and learning processes that pay attention to the specific learning needs of female and male students.
The week-long training saw the educators acquire skills on how to manage classrooms while being mindful of the gender differences among their learners.
Teresa Omodi-Adeitan, the Deputy Executive Director of FAWE thanked Mulela for her tireless work in resource mobilisation and her passion for the girl child. “We recognise the strides that you and the organisation you are a patron of, are taking in making sure that young girls have a future. Also, your resource mobilisation efforts are noticed,” she said.