Some European schools impart practical skills to young students from the age of 11 or 13, with the aim of training them to secure employment in the future. However, a general academic curriculum also exists for the rest of the students who attend school for a more traditional learning. In my opinion, schools should combine academic education with practical skill learning through awareness workshops, career assessment tests and summer internship programmes, in order to prepare the students for the world of work.
Firstly, a career assessment test should be conducted for the students wherein certain professions would be suggested based on their current abilities and aptitudes. As a result of which, awareness workshops highlighting a wide of range of professions (especially the jobs which the students may have matched with) should be organised by the schools. These workshops can then provide the students with an insight on how life would be if they choose a certain career path and the route to get there. A career assessment test proved of great help to me during my schooling as it revealed the best professional match (of an editor) with my existing skills and interests (reading and writing).
Secondly, the schools should coordinate with companies or individual professionals to organise summer internship programmes for their students. These internships will not only serve as a platform that will develop the student’s practical skill sets, but also give them an opportunity to witness life in a certain professional field. Another benefit is that this programme will not interfere with the general academic education as it will take place during the summer vacation. During my younger years, my summer internship (back in 2011) with a publishing company had greatly helped me in making my decision towards pursuing higher education in the English language, in order to fulfil my dream of becoming an editor.
To conclude, I do believe that schools should indeed prepare students for the world of work but not in isolation. Instead, they should impart a combination of academic learning with practical skill training in order to achieve a more holistic development of the student, through workshops, tests and internship opportunities.
Some
European
schools
impart
practical
skills
to young
students
from the age of 11 or 13, with the aim of training them to secure employment in the future.
However
, a general
academic
curriculum
also
exists for the rest of the
students
who attend
school
for a more traditional learning. In my opinion,
schools
should combine
academic
education with
practical
skill
learning through awareness
workshops
,
career
assessment
tests
and
summer
internship
programmes
, in order to prepare the
students
for the world of work.
Firstly
, a
career
assessment
test
should
be conducted
for the
students
wherein certain professions would
be suggested
based on their
current
abilities and aptitudes.
As a result
of which, awareness
workshops
highlighting a wide of range of professions (
especially
the jobs which the
students
may have matched with) should be
organised
by the
schools
. These
workshops
can then provide the
students
with an insight on how life would be if they choose a certain
career
path and the route to
get
there. A
career
assessment
test
proved of great
help
to me during my schooling as it revealed the best professional match (of an editor) with my existing
skills
and interests (reading and writing).
Secondly
, the
schools
should coordinate with
companies
or individual professionals to
organise
summer
internship
programmes
for their
students
. These internships will not
only
serve as a platform that will develop the
student’s
practical
skill
sets,
but
also
give them an opportunity to witness life in a certain professional field. Another benefit is that this
programme
will not interfere with the general
academic
education as it will take place during the
summer
vacation. During my younger years, my
summer
internship (back in 2011) with a publishing
company
had
greatly
helped
me in making my decision towards pursuing higher education in the English language, in order to fulfil my dream of becoming an editor.
To conclude
, I do believe that
schools
should
indeed
prepare
students
for the world of work
but
not in isolation.
Instead
, they should impart a combination of
academic
learning with
practical
skill
training in order to achieve a more holistic development of the
student
, through
workshops
,
tests
and internship opportunities.