A memorable Career Counseling Seminar and Test was held in Timergarah Lower Dir on 27-04-2018 at Matric & Intermediate Level for the selected students of Lower Dir.

Eduvision arranged a very important seminar regarding the selection of right career In this seminar more than 300 Students of matric and Intermediate levels participated. The Program Manager Mr. Sohaib Ahmed Khan injected a new spirit to the students and inspired them to choose a right career which best suits their aptitude, skills and abilities. The ambition of eduvision is much broad for the betterment of Pakistan’s future, eduvision wants to upraise to the youth of Pakistan by providing them information, guidance and solution to their social, familial, academic and economical problems.

In this seminar a Career Counseling Aptitude test was also conducted to determine the interest and aptitude of the students, in this way it much easier for us to guide them towards the right career accordingly. The Eduvision Team took time to consult with the each student in the process of one-to-one session with the counselor.  

Followings were discussed in detail in the seminar:

• What Career Means
• How to explore Inner Self
• Career Planning Process
• Basic Sciences (Bio, Phy, Chem) Vs Applied Sciences (Medical, Engineering, IT etc…)
• FA/FSc Groups (Pre-medical, Pre-Engineering)
  • Which group should one choose
  • Career Options after each group
  • Pros and Cons of each group
• Options other than FA/FSc
• Traditional Careers i.e. Armed Forces, CSS etc…
• Careers After Matric
• Options for Low Marks Students
• Options After Matric for Underprivileged students

Questions & Answer session

 In this session the students of different fields asked questions while the councilor gave them answers & satisfy the students regarding their concerns about career planning.

Career Guide (Short Version)

Career planning guides were distributed to all participants at the end of seminar.

Feedback

Feedback of the participants was very encouraging for the host. As more than 68% of the students mentioned that they have gained the information and guidance necessary to plan their career and also came to know about many interesting and emerging careers. The audience also demanded that such Career counseling seminars should be organized more frequently in their areas so that they can get maximum guidance from the experienced counselors.