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Students benefit from expert advice

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Scores turn up forThe Hinduand Sri Chaitnaya career counselling programme

WORTHY TIPS: Students and parents participating in the career counselling programme organised by The Hindu in Warangal on Friday. — Photo: M. Murali

WARANGAL: Scores of students turned up at the Career Counselling organised by The Hindu and Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions here on Friday.

Ashoka convention hall, the venue of the programme, was packed to the full much ahead of the schedule with the students waiting to listen to experts through videoconference from Hyderabad. Some of the students and parents returned disappointed as the hall was packed to its capacity.

Those who could take part by registering their names well in advance were more than satisfied by the rare exposure they had during the four-hour-long interactive session. "Many doubts raised by participants gave me a clear picture and I am now more aware about the opportunities in medical stream," said P. Harideep.

P. Rajitha, who cleared her EAMCET, was wondering why many people do not talk about agriculture and horticulture courses except MBBS, Dental and Pharmacy. She came to know more from the experts at the counselling. "It is good listening to an expert talking about the merits of agriculture and horticulture courses and job potential. I could clear my doubt," she said.

K. Mythili Reddy who is about to seek admission into medicine, found the session very fruitful. "There are many doubts about the rank and chances of getting a seat, local and non-local quota and other courses apart from medicine and pharmacy. Sitting at one place, we could interact with so many experts," she said.

A parent P. Venugopal who came with his son Rahul who is seeking admission into engineering felt that instead of videoconferencing, a direct interactive session would have been much better. He desired that the The Hindu Education Plus publish Pharmacy seat matrix in its next issue.

However, most of the students expected that they would be given lot of information about the ranks and their chances of getting a seat at the counselling. But, the programme mainly dealt with the courses and career available in various streams and information about good institutions which one can join. V. Sandeep, a medical stream student, explained that he found the session useful as it offered different angles to his thinking.

The questions never ended from the crowd and the majority sat through the programme until it ended.

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