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The Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, has won a research grant for an explorative research programme aimed to advance gender equality in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).
The programme is funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to be implemented in collaboration with Carleton University in conjunction with multidisciplinary experts in Canada and the Edo State Polytechnic.
Prof. Abiodun Falodun, Rector of the institution told journalists in Benin City, the state capital, that the institution's Centre for Gender Studies and Women Development is established as an academic research unit to advance studies in gender issues, women empowerment, girl-child education and others.
"It is of good record for us that the Centre for Gender Studies and Women Development in our school just attracted this grant to our school. This is as a result of our focus on equipping our people with the right skills for grants seeking in expanding the resource for us to conduct impact research as an institution.
"We are mandate by the state government to make this school an international resource centre for research and development. This grant has extended our academic reach to researchers and resources in Canada and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) We expect more of such grants in the coming months."
"We hope this grant would strengthen the school's capacity in contributing to the development in combating gender-based stereotypes in education institutions in developing countries he added.
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