Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, July 27 : Students of XLRI under the banner of Samarthya, in association with Little Flower School, Telco organiseda Career Counselling Fair for school students at Little Flower School, Telco.Twelve resource persons addressed 200 students.
Samarthya is an initiative taken by the students of XLRI to help school students realize their full potential by focusing on social and emotional learning. It is the youth wing of Centre for Research, Training, Education and Leadership (CeRTEL)at XLRI. The model of Samarthya consists of group sessions delivered by a team of Samarthya facilitators for classes of school students in Jamshedpur. Team conducts sessions for XLRI staff kids to hone their leadership and academic skills.
Students from Standard 9, 10, 11 and 12 were invited to participate in this event. The students were guided through the requirements of various courses and the requisite preparation for their entrance examinations.
� We will also conduct profiling tests that will help in understanding one�s persona and will aid in making career related choices. Teachers who play a crucial part in developing the youth are important guests to the event. The event celebrates compassion and love for the community. We hope to reach out to more students so as to bring a change in the lives of the young adults of our country. A career can be a major source of satisfaction in our fleeting lives � we are working to increase the percentage right from the very beginning of the career choices.,� said a student of XLRI.
He said that one of the serious issues prevailing in our society is the lack of proper guidance and awareness which leads to uninformed decisions which in turn causes a plethora of problems. Our efforts are aimed at tackling this issue by the horns. A huge information gap exists when students make career related decisions. This gap between their awareness of the careers open to them, the careers which are uniquely right for them, and the career the society leads them to think is their only alternative � is a major cause of concern. This not only expands the horizon of possibilities for the youth but also helps the cause of a developing country like India.
