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It?s time to seek career guidance

None | ByAnuradha Mukherjee, New Delhi
Mar 29, 2006 01:00 PM IST

Exams are over and it?s time to take things easy, but Delhi?s school students are not cutting slack. A day or two?s break is all many are planning to take. There are important decisions to be made.

Exams are over and it’s time to take things easy, but Delhi’s school students are not cutting slack. A day or two’s break is all many are planning to take. There are important decisions to be made and not just about what stream to choose.

Class X examinees are making a beeline for career counsellors seeking professional guidance for choosing their dream career. “Interest can’t be the only deciding factor. One has to see the prospects. I plan to consult a career counsellor for testing my aptitude for a particular field.

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Only a professional can tell you what options exist for a combination of subjects,” said Raghav Shrivastav of Delhi Public School. SK Pillai, who runs the Institute of Career Studies, said, “It is a growing trend.

Parents have so little knowledge of existing opportunities and tend to fixate on only four or five options like medical, engineering and software engineering. We keep a child’s interest in mind, apart from assessing his aptitude.”

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SMART BOX
Getting careerwise
• Students are increasingly turning to counsellors to choose the stream they 
   are suited for
• Counsellors say they are bewildered by the career choices available
• Parents send kids to quell their own apprehensions

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