Handwara: As many as 200 students from the faraway area of Mawer Handwara on Tuesday took part in a career counseling convocation organized by Naugam Brigade ‘Pragati aur Pramarsh 2022’ here in Army Goodwill School Nowgam.
The workshop was organised for the students of the Mawar area. In this convocation, students in greater strength participated from AGS school Naugam, Govt school Naugam, Govt High School Sanzipura, and many other students attended the workshop through Google Meet.
Students primarily from rural areas attended the event, where the coordinator, Professor Gagan Suri, and professor Taru Mehen led sessions on future career options for students, including individual streams, independent opportunities, and entrepreneurial opportunities.The workshop lasted more than three hours to include question and answer sessions with students and teachers.
As part of a bigger outreach program to make the youth aware of their career options for the future, which is presently lacking in the rural areas of Kashmir, the Army has hired professionals (Gagan Sur and Taru Mehen) from Dehradun who has more than 20 years of experience in professional career counseling and in the fields of IIT, JEE, NDA, NTSE and various other competitive examinations.
The team of counsellors was elated to see that students in such great numbers had turned up for the workshop and quoted that equal guidance and career opportunities should be provided to students in each part of the country.
Meanwhile, the parents, school administration and locals of the area hail the efforts of the local army for organising such a big career counselling program.
