ASSET- Career Guidance session on "Making Choices and Decisions in Career Path" on Saturday, October 18, 2014
Making Choices and Decisions in Career Path
Dear Head of Institution
/ Individual Member,
Universal
Children’s Day is celebrated in many countries of the world on November 20, the
date when the convention on the rights of the Child adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly in 1989. Commemorating this day, Association for
Social Studies Educators and Teachers (ASSET) organizes special event for
children every year. This year we are organizing Career Guidance session for
students on Saturday, October 18, 2014.
Individual
careers will always be a delicate matter where people must carefully plan,
where they envision themselves, or how they see themselves now and after some
years from now. Career planning can be a challenging task as individuals are
faced with many choices, changes, and obstacles. Studies show that career
guidance and counselling help individuals to acquire the knowledge, skills and
experience necessary to identify options and planning a successful career path.
Objectives of the
Session:
By
the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Discover
their potential and choose a field that is true with their skills and
aptitudes
- Use
a comprehensive framework for developing their career path
- Explore
career interests, values, aptitudes, skills in relation to possible
careers
- Realize
the importance of setting goals for their future
- Make
a decision in a direction which will be beneficial for the whole society
Profile of Speakers:
Sadiq Merchant
is an entrepreneur and a teacher by profession with more than twenty five
years’ experience in teaching, learning and teachers’ training. He is serving
in MSB Educational Institute Karachi for last 25 years in various capacities.
He is a part of various training programmes at PTAN (Professional Teachers
Association Network) based at AKU-IED Karachi. His passion for learning and
teaching has enabled him to create the capacity of empowering teachers/students
in order to develop and sustain their learning capabilities. He also has an
extensive experience in various academic areas, especially in Mathematics and
Social Sciences. He did his First Bachelor in Science. Later he did his
Bachelors and Masters in education from HAMDARD University. He has presented
research papers at various educational conferences across Pakistan. Career guidance
is one of his specialties; and he has conducted more than a dozen workshops and
seminars on the topic.
Salman
Khimani has done his Bachelors in Computer
Science and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Institute of Business
Administration (IBA), Karachi. He has been associated with Aga Khan Development
Network (AKDN) for over 11 years. During these years, he has served as the Head
of Careers and Scholarship at Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan (AKES, P)
and as the Programme Lead for Aga Khan Foundation's Civil Society Resource
Centre. His areas of expertise include career guidance and advising, project
designing and management, monitoring and evaluation, training and development
and teacher education. He also has a Certificate in Teacher Education from Aga
Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED). He has
conducted over 200 workshops for students across Pakistan on Career Guidance
and Life Skills. He is currently the Head of Community Programmes at AKES, Pakistan.
Who should/can
participate?
- The
session is open to all students and teachers of Pakistan.
- Each
school will be required to send students from Secondary and Higher
Secondary (VIII to X.)
- Each
group of students must be accompanied by a teacher from the school.
Date and Venue
The
session will be held at Aga Khan
University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) on Saturday October 18, 2014.
- Participants
will be required to arrive latest by 8:30 a.m. for registration and
related formalities
- The
session will start on time at 9:00 a.m. and end at around 1:00 p.m.
Last date of
registration
- Schools are requested to send
in the duly completed registration form (attached) latest by Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
- The registration form must be
completed in all respects and the names of the students nominated by the
schools must be clearly spelled and presented in CAPITAL letters.
- The forms must be submitted
along with the Registration Fee
at PTAN Office, IED.
Registration Fee
- Three
student and one teacher from a School/Institute: Rs. 600/-
- Additional
teacher or student: Rs. 200/- per head
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