Final year students of Mfantsiman SHS undergo career counselling
The 1985 Year Group of the Mfantsiman Old Girls Association (MOGA) has held its annual career counselling and mentoring programme with the final year students of Mfantsiman Senior High School.
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The group instituted the mentoring programme in 2010 with the objectives of providing the final year students information on career choices; introducing role models in various professions, who are former students, and providing the opportunity for the students to receive one-on-one counselling sessions with the former students.
The MOGA ’85 panellists included a medical doctor, a clinical psychologist, a chartered accountant, a financial consultant, an educationist and entrepreneur, a banker, a lawyer and an administrator.
In an opening statement, an Assistant Headmistress of the school, Mrs Miriam Adjei-Amponsem, commended the year group for instituting the mentoring programme.
The President of MOGA ’85, Mrs Serwa Atiase Dzogbenuku, expressed her appreciation to the school authorities for warmly receiving the group on yearly basis to hold the career sessions.
Career paths
Ms Florence Ohene-Kyei, a member of the 1985 year group, presented a list of available institutions in Ghana where students could pursue tertiary education
She reminded the students that although they specialised in particular subject areas, their tertiary education choices, in some instances, need not be directly related to what they studied at the senior high school level. For instance, Science students could switch to pursue courses in the General Arts.
To further encourage the students to make the sky their limit in pursuing academic excellence, the past students briefly talked about their professions.
Personal grooming and image management
Mrs Bernice Sam, another past student, also talked about the importance of personal grooming and encouraged the students to be “positively different with decent dressing, talking audibly, being assertive, reading to improve their use of the English language and importantly, take pride in being female.
She added that dignity included respecting oneself, not succumbing to negative peer pressure and remaining resolute in one’s future dreams.
In her view, each individual has a talent that could be harnessed for income in future, and stressed that “not all students may be able to pursue higher education immediately after the junior high school. Those who are not able should pursue their interests either by understudying people in the field, or attending short courses to enhance their talents,” she stated.
The past students also visited the school’s infirmary, which had been renovated by the year group two years ago.