ICS to facilitate career counselling in 2,500 UP secondary schools
LUCKNOW: Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma, inaugurated Institute for Career Studies’ ‘Project Lakshya – UP government’, in Lok Bhawan, Lucknow, on Friday. The project envisages facilitating career counselling and guidance to students studying in the 2,500 secondary schools across the 75 districts of UP.Under this joint initiative of the Department of Secondary Education, UP government and ICS, 2,500 government school teachers will be trained to provide career guidance to students. They will make use of the comprehensive ICS Career GPS app in the process.
Founder-director, Institute for Career Studies (ICS), Amrita Dass, presented a letter of commitment to the deputy CM on the occasion. Sharma lauded ICS’s initiative.
Speaking at the launch, Dass said, “This is happening for the first time in the history of the country – that career counselling and guidance is being taken to lakhs of students. I am truly grateful to the government of UP for making this possible.
“Project Lakshya will empower the youth of the state by leading them to ‘careers by choice, not chance’. This will truly help Uttar Pradesh become ‘Uttam’ Pradesh.”
Additional chief secretary, secondary education, UP, Aradhana Shukla, spearheaded the event, which showcased the various CSR partnerships of the department. Also present were prominent educationists, teachers and students.
The event was streamed live on ICS social media platforms to students, parents and educators across India and other countries.
As many as 370 principals from all the districts of UP virtually attended the ICS orientation session on career guidance and the launch of Project Lakshya.