The Technical Education Committee (TEC) of the Catholic Businesspersons and Professional Association (CBPA) arranged a programme on "Career Counseling for the Youth" which was held at St. Patrick's Girls High School in Saddar, Karachi.
Over 200 youth, mainly school children from different parishes including a large number of girls, some parents and school teachers attended the Career Counseling programme. The boys from the Don Bosco's Boarding also attended the programme. Archbishop Evarist Pinto accompanied with Rev. Fr. Edward Joseph, Parish Priest of St. Patrick's Cathedral graced the programme with their presence.
Archbishop Evarist Pinto in his speech stressed that the youth should acquire a trade of his or her choice and learn to stand on their own feet.
He encouraged the youth to take an active part in the building of their careers and that they should not be dependant on others. He also appreciated the efforts made by the CBPA in arranging this programme on Career Counseling for the youth.
Rev. Fr. Edward Joseph started the programme with a short prayer which was followed by the welcome address of Chang Cey Wen who is the Head and Founder of the CBPA in Karachi. The programme commenced with five presentations which were made by professionals from the industry in the following sequence.
Clifford Lucas gave a presentation on Community Based Career Planning which was followed by Johnson Pereira on the Scope of Technical Education in Pakistan. The third presentation was given by Leon Menezes on a Successful Life, followed by Sunil Sadiq Gill on Architecture as a Profession. The last presentation was made by Jason Pereira on the theme Dare to Dream.
Johnson Pereira who is the Head of the Technical Education Committee (TEC) of the CBPA in his concluding speech apprised the audience that the CBPA had made special arrangements with the NED University of Engineering and Technology for the Christian students to avail the unutilized seats reserved for the Parsi minorities for admissions to the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree programme.
He also highlighted to the youth various technical trades presently being offered by St. Patrick's Institute of Science and Technology, the Training Centre of Hinopak Motors Limited, the Memon Industrial and Technical Institute (MITI), the Defense Institute of Technical Education which was recently inaugurated, the Training Programme for the Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited, which is to be conducted at St. Patrick's Institute of Science and Technology and various other technical trades being conducted by some of the government and private technical institutes in Karachi.
Pereira in his speech apprised Archbishop Everest Pinto that he was actively working with the Directorate of Labor, Manpower and Training, Government of Sindh to establish informal training courses for school dropouts in various trades after which these students would be certified by the Trade Testing Board of the same directorate. This in turn would facilitate school dropouts in earning a livelihood for themselves and their families.
Johnson Pereira on behalf of the CBPA thanked Archbishop Evarist Pinto and Rev. Fr. Edward Joseph for taking out time from their busy schedule to grace the occasion. He also thanked Ms. Amy Gonsalves, Principal of St. Patrick's Girls High School for providing the school premises to conduct the programme.
Ms. Flaxy Elizabeth Pereira of the CBPA received special thanks for her continuous support and cooperation in arranging this programme. Without her support it would not have been possible for the CBPA to hold the Career Counseling programme on this day.
He also thanked all the members of the TEC and the CPBA for their presentations and all those who helped in making the programme a success. Special thanks also went out to Rev. Fr. Arthur Charles, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Karachi and CEO of the Good News Television channel and the Representative of the News Media UCAN (Union of Catholic Asian News) for covering up the entire programme.
-Staff Correspondent
Over 200 youth, mainly school children from different parishes including a large number of girls, some parents and school teachers attended the Career Counseling programme. The boys from the Don Bosco's Boarding also attended the programme. Archbishop Evarist Pinto accompanied with Rev. Fr. Edward Joseph, Parish Priest of St. Patrick's Cathedral graced the programme with their presence.
Archbishop Evarist Pinto in his speech stressed that the youth should acquire a trade of his or her choice and learn to stand on their own feet.
He encouraged the youth to take an active part in the building of their careers and that they should not be dependant on others. He also appreciated the efforts made by the CBPA in arranging this programme on Career Counseling for the youth.
Rev. Fr. Edward Joseph started the programme with a short prayer which was followed by the welcome address of Chang Cey Wen who is the Head and Founder of the CBPA in Karachi. The programme commenced with five presentations which were made by professionals from the industry in the following sequence.
Clifford Lucas gave a presentation on Community Based Career Planning which was followed by Johnson Pereira on the Scope of Technical Education in Pakistan. The third presentation was given by Leon Menezes on a Successful Life, followed by Sunil Sadiq Gill on Architecture as a Profession. The last presentation was made by Jason Pereira on the theme Dare to Dream.
Johnson Pereira who is the Head of the Technical Education Committee (TEC) of the CBPA in his concluding speech apprised the audience that the CBPA had made special arrangements with the NED University of Engineering and Technology for the Christian students to avail the unutilized seats reserved for the Parsi minorities for admissions to the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree programme.
He also highlighted to the youth various technical trades presently being offered by St. Patrick's Institute of Science and Technology, the Training Centre of Hinopak Motors Limited, the Memon Industrial and Technical Institute (MITI), the Defense Institute of Technical Education which was recently inaugurated, the Training Programme for the Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited, which is to be conducted at St. Patrick's Institute of Science and Technology and various other technical trades being conducted by some of the government and private technical institutes in Karachi.
Pereira in his speech apprised Archbishop Everest Pinto that he was actively working with the Directorate of Labor, Manpower and Training, Government of Sindh to establish informal training courses for school dropouts in various trades after which these students would be certified by the Trade Testing Board of the same directorate. This in turn would facilitate school dropouts in earning a livelihood for themselves and their families.
Johnson Pereira on behalf of the CBPA thanked Archbishop Evarist Pinto and Rev. Fr. Edward Joseph for taking out time from their busy schedule to grace the occasion. He also thanked Ms. Amy Gonsalves, Principal of St. Patrick's Girls High School for providing the school premises to conduct the programme.
Ms. Flaxy Elizabeth Pereira of the CBPA received special thanks for her continuous support and cooperation in arranging this programme. Without her support it would not have been possible for the CBPA to hold the Career Counseling programme on this day.
He also thanked all the members of the TEC and the CPBA for their presentations and all those who helped in making the programme a success. Special thanks also went out to Rev. Fr. Arthur Charles, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Karachi and CEO of the Good News Television channel and the Representative of the News Media UCAN (Union of Catholic Asian News) for covering up the entire programme.
-Staff Correspondent
