For many of the 400-odd Plus One and Plus Two students, it was their first take at career guidance. It showed the young crowd the array of courses to pursue in the modern educational arena and the wide range of career options the multi-national companies offer. And, many of them were wonder-struck by the never-heard-before opportunities to study abroad.
The Hindu Edge career guidance sessions presented by Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth Deemed University at Zamorin’s Higher Secondary School, Tali, on Wednesday, made the students from around 10 city schools to think seriously about the selection of a course based on its flexibility to tap the innate potential of the learner at all levels.
“A course incorporating the values of both the traditional and modern systems can create wonders in the professional life of an individual. At the graduate-level education, it deserves special importance,”said G. Hari Sundar, Associate professor, Chinmaya Deemed University, while opening the sessions. He pointed out that opportunities were aplenty for the professionals with multi-tasking abilities.
The session handled by Gris Hikdas, of Alchemy IAS Institute, took the participants to the importance of emotional quotient and adversity quotient to crack the Civil Services examinations. He said it was not just hard work, but the analytical skills and the capacity to think beyond the ordinary too were factors to be counted while eyeing a career in civil services.
The techniques to crack national-level competitive examinations like NEET and JEE and the ways to boost students’ confidence for outstanding performance were explained at a session handled by Fr. Thomas Puthussery, Director of Darsana Academy. “If he or she can do it, why can’t I? should be the first question to be attended by any aspirant eyeing success in such examinations,” he pointed out.
Nicy Binu, Director of Santa Monica Study Abroad Private Limited, explained how the system of professional education abroad was different from India and the benefits of having cross-cultural skills to prepare better for the multi-national job market.
“One of the main attractions of overseas education is the vast opportunity to do part-time jobs and independently meet around 70% of the cost of education,”she sadi.
Vinod Chandran of the Logic School of Management took the participants to the newest opportunities in commerce and accountancy.
Motivational speaker Vijay Menon enlightened the students with some living examples on the role of soft skills and mature thinking in life. “Those who have a clear perception about life at a younger age are sure to get a bright future and career,” he said.
The event was powered by Logic and co-powered by Alchemy IAS Institute. Darsana Academy was the knowledge partner and Santa Monica, the overseas study partner. The programme, an initiative by THEME, was also supported by the NSS unit of Zamorin’s Higher Secondary School.
