The programme, with 84 students in its first batch, was inaugurated by Atishi, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Education and MLA from Kalkaji constituency.
DSEU launches residential course in software programming for trans women and women
The Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) has launched its residential course in software programming in a bid to make skilling aspirational, accessible and inclusive for women and trans women.
The fully-funded residential 20-month advanced diploma course in software programming will be run in collaboration with non-profit organisation NavGurukul, the university said in a statement. The programme, with 84 students in its first batch, was inaugurated by Atishi, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Education and MLA from Kalkaji constituency.
"We are in the 21st century surrounded by technology where Google answers all our questions in mere seconds and yet we are to spend 14 years in the formal education system. Those 14 years tell us what one can and cannot study. With this programme in coding and programming, the effort is to challenge these notions by encouraging students with strong logic to pursue a career in the tech world," Atishi said.
The residential course will provide girls and trans women an opportunity to learn and grow in the technical world through a six-month-long training period, the statement said.
She added, “More importantly, this program is challenging the patriarchal gender norms for education by offering the program only to girls and trans women. This is our chance to take this hands-on learning opportunity and make this program aspirational for more girls with similar interests.”
Speaking to the gathering at the inauguration, DSEU vice-chancellor Neharika Vohra said, “Our education is the only thing that stays with us throughout. Education is what builds our personality, and helps us grow in our personal and professional lives. At this time, you have made a choice, a choice to be a student in a course in a perceived male-dominated industry. My advice to you is to remember that it is not your gender but the skills that will help you.”
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