The School Education and Sports Department, Maharashtra, has launched a career portal to provide career guidance, information and opportunities to students in Classes 9 to 12. It contains comprehensive information on possible careers, colleges, vocational institutions, entrance examinations and scholarships.
The School Education and Sports Department of the Government of Maharashtra has launched a career portal (mahacareerpotal.com) for the students of classes 9 to 12. The purpose of this portal is to "provide guidance to teens to choose a career path with their aspirations, interests and inclination." "Also provide the latest and verified information about colleges, vocational centers and scholarships required to pursue their choice.
The portal has been developed by UNICEF in partnership with iDreamCareer, a career counseling firm based in Delhi. The Maharashtra State Council for Educational Research and Training (MSCERT) has also collaborated with the project to provide Maharashtra’s context to the counsellings. The portal will be available in Marathi and English. It is expected to address over 66 lakh students for this academic session.
The government claims to host more than 500 career options with many new and unique options. The government claims that the portal will allow a learner to see a career domain and understand qualifications, educational requirements, colleges in different countries, and offers required courses, scholarships and fellowships, various points of entry into the field, and that Various development options in the career domain.
To give proper guidance to students, teachers will be trained virtually on the structure and content of career guidance. Students will also receive an orientation to create their own unique profiles and navigate the portal to discover the different career domains, through career workshops organised by the MSCERT in collaboration with UNICEF and iDreamCareer.
“The career portal will empower our students to explore various options, even those that they may otherwise not be exposed to. The portal will also serve as an important tool for the state counselors to support students in making an informed choice about their future. This is especially important for empowering our young girls,” Varsha Gaikwad, minister, Department of School Education and Sports was quoted as saying.
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