About 70 students came, many of them with their parents, for the career workshop. Quite a large number as compared to last year when only about 15 students turned up. Appears to be an increased awareness of the importance of getting proper information and guidance on higher education and career opportunities. Credit must be given to the members of the temple committee and teachers who went out of their way to promote the workshop. Thanks also to Ms Selvamalar of EWRF HQ who highlighted the program in the weekly career guidance program on Minnal FM radio.
The program started with the career worskhop conducted by the Alen and Saravanan, the team from EWRF HQ. Later we had Mr. David, a teacher from Semenyih, who shared with the students the various options available for higher education for form 5 & 6 school leavers. Followed by Mr. Krishna, President of Persatuan Ugama Hindu, UKM, who shared his knowledge on scholarships and loan information.
Mr. Prakash, staff from EWRF HQ, who is blind and also currently doing his PhD program at University Malaya, shared his efforts and determination in pursuing higher education despite being visually handicapped.
After the students completed their career test, they were seen attentively going thru the various career and line of study on display. Later Alen did a round-up and exlained how the test helps them to select career choice base on their aptitude and character. This helps students to select suitable a field study in their higher education process.
We hope the the form 5 & 6 school leavers and also some of the secondary students who participated gained and benefitted from this event. They were encouraged to call our career guidance toll-free number 1-800-88-3973 and also to visit our website, www.ewrf.org.my, for more info on sholarships and loan
We would like to thank the Youth committe headed by Dr Siva and his wife, Deva and other temple volunteers who haved helped to organise and took care of the venue, drinks and snacks for the students and parents. Thanks also to the facilitators from Masterskill, EWRF Kajang and UKM who helped to smooth running of the event.
