Career guidance program for Wesley College prefects

The Wesley College Old Boys Union, under the leadership of its incumbent President Ivor Mahroof, recently conducted a workshop in career guidance for the college’s sub-prefects and Advanced Level students.

The day-long workshop was conducted at the Wesley College Training Centre with the participation of several resource personnel, specialists in their respective fields.

Among them were Peter Peiris, Group Manager – Enterprise Solution, DMS Electronics, Dulani Nissanke, General Manager, Metropolitan Group HR, Jennifer Fox, Trainer/Diplomacy and International Relations (Sri Lanka), Riaz Hassen, Managing Director, Mayfair Lanka Ltd. and Fariq Cader, Senior General Manager – New Business Development and Mobile Commerce, Dialog Axiata PLC. The workshop was moderated by Mohamed Rizwie.

The nearly 50 enthusiastic Wesleyites started the day with physical fitness and cadetting drill followed by career guidance and planning, CV writing, social networking, leadership, corporate etiquette and self motivation. The workshop took the form of interactive role play which included engaging round-table discussions and several group sessions.

One of the participants, S. Hozhalan (17) of Grade 13A, said: “This was an awesome day for all of us. We learnt a great deal about things that are normally taken for granted. This was very beneficial to my fellow Wesleyites and will certainly help us in the future.”

The day ended with the selection of the Best Group which participated in discussions and presented a comprehensive synopsis of the day’s activities.

President of the Wesley College Old Boys Union Ivor Mahroof said: “Exercises of this nature are of paramount importance, especially given the highly competitive environment our children are growing up in. The motivation levels in the boys were very high and we were very impressed by their enthusiasm and active participation. When evaluating the overall success of the workshop at the end of the day, we were requested to make this a quarterly feature instead of an annual one. This alone speaks for itself and does augur well for the future. This is also in keeping with the objectives of the OBU in developing the infrastructure of the school, targeting students and teaching fraternity and providing appropriate improvement in this sphere.”

This entire exercise was initiated by the dynamic and far-thinking leadership of Principal Dr. Shanthi McLelland, under whose stewardship Wesley College has forged ahead in the recent past.