BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Great Chinese philosopher Confucius said, “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” It is upon this premise that 6th graders of the Dean Glasford Primary School participated in the institution’s 3rd annual Career Day.
Owing to the foresight of teachers of the learning institution, the programme was instituted in 2009 to afford students of the last primary school grade opportunities to visit business entities around the island’s capital and experience firsthand, their day-to-day operations.
This exercise, according to teachers of the Dean Glasford Primary School, is part of the preparative process aimed at assisting students in selecting the subjects which they want to pursue when they enter the secondary level of the education system.
Dressed the part, the aspiring lawyers, information technologists, air hostesses, mechanics, hairdressers, medical lab technicians, bankers etc. were seen paying visits to travel agents, hair salons, financial institutions, doctors’ offices and other establishments.
One of the 20-plus students, Doniella Estridge, - who indicated that her dream is to become a lawyer - told SKNVibes that she views the programme as a creative way of assisting the students to “stay focused on what we want to be in the future.”
Another student, Irvicia Davis, said the experience is one that she welcomed and indicated that when she hopes, through the study and practice of forensic pathology, “to make this country better”.
These students will officially conclude their primary school education on Friday of this week (July 15) and will commence the first phase of their secondary education in early September, 2011.
Teachers have indicated to this publication their hope that this exercise would have cemented the students’ interest in their selected field and that their appetite to learn of it would have been whetted.
