Energy Ministry Sensitizes Female Students About Opportunities in Ghana's Energy Sector
- kencitymediagh
- Jun 20, 2017
- 2 min read

The Ministry of Energy has begun a process to sensitize female Senior High School(SHS) students across the country to provide them with career guidance and employment opportuinties available in Ghana's Energy Sector.
The process which is being spearheaded by the Local Content Unit Directorate of the Ministry of Energy takes the form of forums across selected Senior High Schools (SHS) in the 10 Regions of Ghana.
"The Local Content Unit in the Petroleum Directorate of the Ministry of Energy will be visiting 12 Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Western, Central and Volta Regions from today, June 19, 2017 to sensitize students on the fundamentals of Ghana’s Energy sector with key focus on the petroleum industry," a statement from the Ministry signed by the Acting Communication Officer King A. Wellington and copied to Oman News said.
"The team will also provide students with career guidance and employment opportunities in the industry," the statement added.
According to the statement, "The programme forms part of the Ministry’s Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector Project which is aimed at increasing female participation in Ghana’s Energy Sector."
"This is to whip up enthusiasm of female students and encourage them to choose courses relevant to the industry at the tertiary level," it noted.
To ensure a very comprehensive exercise, the selected SHS across all the 10 regions of the country have been grouped into four zones and a minimum of 10 schools are expected to be visited in each region.
The zone groupings for the 10 regions are as follows:
a) Zone 1-Ashanti &BrongAhafo Regions
b) Zone 2- Central & Western Regions
c) Zone 3- Northern , Upper West & Upper East Regions
d) Zone 4- Greater Accra, Volta & Eastern Regions
The team is scheduled to visit the following schools this month:
WESTERN REGION CENTRAL REGION VOLTA REGION
NKROFUL SHS GHANA NATIONAL OLA GIRLS
KIKAM SHS WESLEY GIRLS MAWULI SHS
NSEIN SHS HOLY CHILD KETA SECONDARY
PORTER GIRLS MFANTSIMAN GIRLS ANGLOGA SHS
Story By: Michael Creg Afful
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