Thursday, April 24, 2014

Five-day Academic Counseling cum Psychometric Test gets underway

GANGTOK, 23 Apr: The Directorate of Capacity Building is organizing a five-day Academic Career Counseling cum Psychometric Test for senior students of different schools from around the capital. The event organized in coordination with Info Young India kicked off here at TNSS Auditorium today with a session for the senior students of the same school.
The reason behind holding such a programme is to guide the students who will soon be completing their school education towards a better future.
Director of Directorate of Capacity Building, HK Sharma informed that the programme seeks to reach around 4500 students across the state. He also informed about various schemes and programmes of the state government in the field of higher studies and various other career options.
The technical session had a counseling team headed by Sumantha Sharma enlightening the students about career planning and options. The highly interactive session witnessed interesting queries from the students.
Furthermore, H.A. for capacity building, Sonam Gyaltshen Bhutia appealed to the students to make use of opportunities made available by the state government and also highlighted the various student oriented schemes and programmes like CMSES,CECS,CMFSS and many more.
Secretary HRDD, Dr. Thomas Chandy, in his address shed light on the opportunities in diverse sectors and urged the students to capitalize on such opportunities. However Dr. Chandy made it clear that it is only hard work and dedication that ensures success in the age of global competition. It may be mentioned that a total of 8000 students across the state were covered under this programme last year.

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