St Augustine International University (SAIU) recently launched a platform to interest more female students into studying sciences, hitherto dominated by males.
The platform involves SAIU working with secondary schools to develop interest in the sciences. Speaking during the launch of the St Augustine International University Women Empowerment association (SWEA) recently, the SAIU council chairman, Prof Venansius Baryamureeba, said the Association would work to make sciences more practical through ‘out of classroom’ experience for the students.
“We have already four schools associated with the university, this will be our starting point, additionally we believe that it is easier to interest our future students at an early stage,” Baryamureeba said.
He explained that this is their part of a government effort to promote the teaching of sciences to the girl-child. Marta Vicente–Crespo, the SAIU dean, school of medicine, added that the association would also support women entrepreneurs with skills to improve their businesses and their incomes.
“Our mission is to have competent and confident women population who will be leading in innovation; we are also going to provide exposure and opportunity for women and girls to develop love of sciences and medicine,” she said.
Vicente-Crespo added: “Through this platform, we want to see that girls and women unleash their potential and grow to their fullest”.
She explained that SAIU is committed to providing innovative quality education grounded in a culture of developing hands-on skills for job creation and job markets; the university is guided by its dictum, ‘moral rearmament and wealth creation’ and women should not be left behind.
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