In its bid to promote engineering among female students and reduce gender gap in the engineering sector, while also addressing manpower shortage in technical colleges, Ogun State government is set to give scholarships to 1000 girls, willing to pursue engineering courses in technical colleges across the state.

This was made known by the acting Executive Secretary, Ogun State Technical and Vocational Education Board (OGSTVEB), Mr. Olubori Akinleye, in an interview with newsmen in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Akinleye hinted that the three-year scholarship was aimed at encouraging more girls to take up engineering courses and promote gender equality in all fields, adding that the gesture would ease their financial burden and support academic pursuit.

He urged girls to take advantage of the opportunity to pursue their dreams in engineering, pointing out that Ogun was poised to become a hub for technical education and industrial growth in Nigeria.

Speaking further, the acting Executive Secretary said government is set to employ 200 interns to fill existing vacancies in the state’s Technical Colleges, and they would be engaged for an initial period of two years, deployed to different technical colleges and afterward secure permanent appointments.

“This initiative shows the state government's commitment to providing quality technical education, promote industrial growth, and address gender imbalance in the engineering sector”, he said.