The Career Assessment Program, Career Guidance Workshops for Parents & Students
The Career Assessment & Career Guidance Program : Grade 9, 10 & 11 (Science & Commerce)
Months of November – December 2023.
At the same time, workshop for teachers and parents were also conducted. This entire program was conducted by Dr. Meenakshi Walawalkar.
Dr. Meenakshi Walawalkar is a Clinical Psychologist with over 13 years of
experience of working with Esteemed Educational Institutes, Corporates &
Healthcare Organizations. She is also a Pranic Healer & Arhatic Yoga
practitioner.
Her credentials include: P.G. Applied Psychology (Clinical),
Ph.D. (Applications of REBT – Pursuing), Certificate in Special Education-
Learning Disability, ADHD and Autism, Certificate in Advance Counselling
Techniques, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, internationally certified NLP
and New Code NLP Practitioner, Milton H. Erickson Institute of
Hypnotherapy, U.S., certified Hypnotherapy Practitioner.
Choosing the right career for oneself is the most important decision in any individual’s life. Career planning starts in the secondary and senior secondary school years. An adequate understanding of oneself regarding academic potential, attributes, talents, interests, personality, values, expectations and resources is very useful in this process.
In the Career Assessment program, about 165 students of KVIIT, underwent Psychometric Assessment in the areas of Aptitude, Intelligence & Interest, total 8 Tests, spanned over 4 hours. The students were divided in 4 batches for the ease of conduction of the Assessment.
Post the testing, a copy of the Career Guidance report was given to each student for future reference.
Subsequently, a detailed explanation of the reports and information on the plethora of careers across different streams was given to the parents and students in the Career Guidance Workshops conducted for them by Dr Meenakshi.
