‘Encourage children to participate in career guidance activities’
Parents have been advised to encourage their children to participate in career guidance activities in order to develop interest early in working towards their chosen careers.
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The Executive Director of the Kinder Foundation, Mr Ebenezer Tetteh Kpalam, who gave the advice, said career guidance activities for children, especially students in junior high schools would enable them to excel in their careers.
Mr Kpalam, who is a Clinical Psychologist, gave the advice in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of a three-day career guidance camp organised by his outfit for 140 junior and senior high school students at Shai-Hills.
He indicated that it was a fact that children who found themselves studying in line with their career path performed better academically and were not likely to play truant as against children who study outside their career paths.
Ideal stage
He added that even though there was no doubt that everybody needed some career guidance and counselling, childhood was the ideal stage in life to start.
The clinical psychologist noted that "as children get to know at an early age their career path and career cluster, as well as the steps to follow, they create their own avenues for income".
He stated that it was clear that those who received guidance and counselling during childhood towards their career were forthcoming with ideas and innovations, leading to increased productivity.
Mr Kpalam said with the help of psychological tools, psychologists and counselling experts, children could be guided to discover their interests and the professions they would enjoy the most.
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"It helps the children to identify their strengths and understand their weaknesses. It helps to reduce the stress teachers go through to improve the academic performance of students", he stated.
He, therefore, appealed to stakeholders of education to support such career guidance camps for schoolchildren. — GNA