– Mohammed Atherulla Shariff
Mysuru, July 18: A felicitation programme for the toppers in X and XII standard students was organised here recently. Renowned career guidance specialist Md. Anees Kutty from Pune enlightened the students about various career opportunities available. Around 100 toppers in various disciplines were invited along with their parents.
A centenary old organisation, Anjuman-e-Hadiqat-ul-Adab, Mysuru, organised the programme as their annual feature.
Anees Kutty, who runs a training institute for NDA (National Defence Academy) aspirants in Pune, has been instrumental in helping more than 650 of them reach their coveted goals.
Addressing a huge gathering in his unique interactive style, Mr. Kutty pointed out that there are equally and also more lucrative and attractive careers, beyond just medicine and engineering. Most of the students consider these two as their first option.
He lamented that upon failing to make it to these two goals, out of sheer ignorance, they settle down for some very ordinary choices that lead nowhere and leave them frustrated and unhappy for the rest of their lives.
He emphasised that all schools, colleges and social service organizations should create good career guidance facilities and regularly invite knowledgeable experts to guide the students at every stage of their education process. Starting this early is of great importance because there are numerous competitive examinations, at the school level itself, that can make students eligible for some very attractive scholarships and fee concessions that can help them all, including the poorer ones, to pursue careers that would otherwise be beyond the financial means of many of them.
Mr. Kutty also underlined the need for all students to appear for the entrance examinations of the Navodaya and Sainik schools. He said that this is necessary, at least to give parents an idea of whether their children are getting the right standard of education in the schools they are going to because the ability to clear any of these two examinations is the best and most reliable indicator of the standard of schooling they are receiving.
He said that focused preparation is the key to success in clearing all entrance examinations and stressed that all students should pay special attention to doing well in Mathematics as it is, without exception, a very important requirement to do well in almost all competitive examinations.
Mr. Kutty offers his services completely free of cost, as a service to society. He reassured the audience and the organizers that he would be most willing to guide them with their efforts in the future too.
