In a first, more than 1 lakh students attend career counselling workshop 'Pramarsh 2022'

NEW DELHI: The Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal launched the career counselling workshop 'Pramarsh 2022' on February 15 for the students of the Bikaner district region. In this workshop, one lakh students participated from more than thousands of schools of Bikaner district, Rajasthan, mainly from the rural areas.

According to the official statement, “Workshop was conducted with the support of The National Institute of Career Services (NICS) which comes under the Ministry of Labour and Employment and educational start-up Edumilestones. Directorate of Education, Rajasthan also extended the support and facilitation for this workshop.”

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More than one lakh students mainly from rural areas participated in the event, the minister Arjun Ram Meghwal stated that under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the central government has taken various initiatives to bring out the full potential of the Youth in Nation Building Process.

“The nation is celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on the occasion of the 75th Year of Independence. It is an apt moment to reflect our progress and resolve for the upcoming Amrit Kaal upto the year 2047 when we will be celebrating the centenary celebration of our independence,” he added.

The Minister further said that “The role of Youth for building New India, The ongoing technological changes, digital transformation have led for changing the pedagogy and learning methodology for students.”

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Before this mega career counselling workshop, around 1000 teachers were trained as career ambassadors in all schools of Bikaner for the smooth and purposeful execution of the entire project.

“The ongoing workshop is not limited to training of teachers and career workshop for students, but it is also proposed that an offline and online career assessment and service of Edumilestones digital career library will be facilitated to all students,” the press release said.

“Pramarsh2022” workshop was an extension of the efforts to bridge the industry academia gap and impart the knowledge about various choices available to the student.