Our Correspondent
Multan
Vice Chancellor Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture, Multan (MNS-UAM) Dr Asif Ali while talking stated that career counselling was of vital importance as it provided exposure to emerging trends of developed world.
The youth should be given awareness about different modern fields, bright careers and future trends of markets. ‘We should give complete liberty to our youth to select the career by their own choice after they have exposure to different careers as in this way, they themselves will be responsible for their success or failure’.
Unfortunately, our universities are disconnected to schools and colleges. Universities conduct research and the outcome of their research should be shared with students of colleges and schools but we lack this culture, Asif told.
‘The university teachers should hold workshops or special lectures on career counselling of students at school and college level he said and added, ‘they should inform students about future trends, importance of new fields, and requirements of markets so that the students should select suitable fields as per their own choice as well as market trends.
Career counselling was very much essential to address the issue of unemployment and improve productivity, stated VC Dr Asif. Chairman Institute of Communication Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Dr Shehzad Ali while talking to this scribe said, career counselling should be initiated right from home and primary school level.
