NEW DIMENSIONS SCHOLARSHIPS
Area: Education and employability
Beneficiaries: Young women-at-risk
Timeline: 2022–2023
Location: Quito and Guayaquil
Budget: US$49.000
Funded by:
- United States Embassy and Consulate in Ecuador.
- DataCamp
Partners:
- Cámara de Comercio Ecuatoriano Americana - AMCHAM (Guayaquil)
- Tecnológico Argos.
Summary:
Through education on business intelligence, the ‘New Dimensions’ scholarship programme provides employability opportunities for young women-at-risk. Our first cohort of students (2022-2023) received funding from the United States Embassy and Consulate in Ecuador and US-based education company DataCamp.
Objective:
Strengthen job prospects for women at risk through a comprehensive education programme on business intelligence.
Beneficiaries profile:
- Women living in (or near) Quito and Guayaquil.
- Seniors and graduates.
- Low-income or at-risk.
- Under 35 years of age.
- Women of indigenous and afro ecuadorian communities, single mothers, disabled individuals and members of the LGBTI community.
Content:
New Dimensions is an 8-month long, hybrid learning programme on business intelligence for low-income and/or vulnerable post-secondary female students and graduates. Through this programme, students will learn how to use Excel, Power BI and Tableau as well as programming languages such as R, Python and SQL for data analysis and visualisation. Communication, presentation of results and job seeking skills are also part of the curriculum.
This course was designed based on a market research conducted by Laboratorio LIDE, which determined the most-demanded skills and tools in the local data analysis industry.