The 2000 year group of past students of the Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) Senior High School, Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana has organised a career fair for students on campus on the theme ‘empowering the next generation to make better career choices’.
“The 2000-Year Group therefore appeals to school authorities, parents and guardians to work with the students and assist them to make appropriate career decisions as a wrong career choice will negatively impact the life of the students.”
The programme, which was divided into three sections; gave presentations on choosing a suitable career based on one’s identity, mentor-mentee relationship, voluntarism and networking.
The second segment focused on the past students sharing their career journeys with the students and the third section gave the students the opportunity to interact with various professionals, selected based on a survey conducted on the students with a sample size of 400 students.
A statement signed by Mrs. Carine L. Malor, Chairperson of the Career Fair Planning Committee and sighted by newswatchgh.com said the Professionals were drawn from the medical, teaching, human resource, engineering, journalism, creative arts, hospitality, technological, entrepreneurship, statisticians, Auditors among others.
It said the sessions were interactive and the students were exposed to practical experiences, which they admitted opened them up to think more about choosing a suitable career based on their identity, capabilities and interest.
At the end of the day, some students admitted they were now certain they were on course, while others were able to make suitable choices. Students who were undecided before the day admitted they have become adequately equipped and confessed they would now be in a position to select a suitable career.
The statement noted that the experiences that were shared with the students resonated with most of them as they confessed they were confronted with similar challenges and added that from the interactions, some students admitted their parents/guardians forced careers on them, although they had interests in other fields, while some were certain on their path to take with others who had no idea which path to take.
The leadership and teachers of the school expressed their appreciation to the year group for an impactful project. Mrs. Carine L. Malor, is the Chairperson, Career Fair Planning Committee, while Mrs. Ruby Martha Tawiah is the President of the year Group.
