Seminar on “Career Counseling Opportunities Abroad” at LCCI
Lahore ( MNP) A seminar on Career Counseling Opportunities Abroad was held at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday.
The seminar was addressed by the Provincial Minister for Education Mansoor Qadir, LCCI President Kashif Anwar, Chief Executive Skill for All Sikandar Hameed Lodhi and expert speaker Mubeen Rasheed.
LCCI President Kashif Anwar spoke highly about the aims and objectives of the seminar and spread his deep thoughts on education and economy related issues which were highly appreciated by the audience.
Provincial Minister for Education Mansoor Qadir said that a large number of children in our country are left behind in the world due to lack of exposure despite being well educated. He said that our children don’t know what opportunities are existing in the world and they could perform better if a field was suggested for them according to their abilities.
The Minister said that we as a nation have felt the lack of this for a long time and we are trying to solve this issue but we have not yet reached the level where every child knows what opportunities are available to him.
He said that in our country it is generally understood that doing MA or post-graduation is actually education otherwise education is incomplete although in the world what we call matriculation already covers the field in which these children go. He said that today the best and most successful people in the world are working in non-traditional sectors that earn good income.
He said that it is not possible for the state to provide employment to every child. We have to look at other areas where we can place our children and where they can express their full potential. He said that the government has kept a fund of Rs. 65 billion only for scholarships so that we can help those children who are unable to express their talents due to lack of funds.
LCCI President Kashif Anwar said that our children should start career counseling after class 5 and parents, teachers and also the child should know what he wants to become in future.
He said that the biggest problem we have at the moment is foreign exchange reserves. Our work force going out of the country is not skilled due to which foreign remittances cannot be sent as much as the skilled labor can send. He said that there should be such programs and Lahore Chamber fully supports this.
Kashif Anwar said that going abroad for higher education is also the need of the hour because our youth can get good jobs in other countries due to foreign degrees. In this way, it will be possible to increase the number of people of Pakistani origin abroad, which will definitely help us receive more remittances from abroad.
