The Upper East Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, William Jalulah is worried about how some parents are being over burdened by operators of some private schools over career day activities.
According to the GJA Chairman. the exercise is needless and should not be encouraged in any way.
He argues that many children, at the early stages of life and education, are not fully developed mentally to decide the sort of career path they want to take.
As result, many of them, he said, keep changing career path year in, year out.
With the career days, parents are compelled to pay a certain amount of money to the school for them to get an attire suitable for their children’s chosen career path, which, Mr. Jalulah argues, is burdensome.
“What is the essence of career day in our private schools? Children of 5 years, 6 years, 7 years and you say that the child should tell the profession he/she wants to do and parents would have to sew uniforms or dresses that would match with the profession the child is choosing and then they would go to the school in that attire, the following year that child says this year I want to be a fire service officer, the following year the child says I want to be a musician, the following year the child says I want to be a doctor, what sense does it make?” he questioned
Speaking Monday on the State of Our Nation, he argued that career day should take the form of school authorities inviting some professionals in various areas to take the children through the opportunities that exist if they should settle for a particular career.
“If you want to psych their minds towards certain careers, you can say organize a forum. It is career day alright but they must not wear anything. You rather invite people who are into different careers to the school and have like a forum room and those people are given the chance to speak (to the children),” he suggested.
