![]() ![]() Their stories are then published on the B4C website. It organises workshops where successful doctors, bankers, politicians, business and self-employed people explain how they managed their education to achieve what they did. Now piloted in seven schools in Dar es Salaam, it has proved extremely popular among students. Given the almost total absence of career counselling in LEDCs, B4C saw the potential of peer-to-peer career counselling that would be basically free as it would be run by students themselves. Case StudiesĬareer network support: Bridge for Change (B4C) recognizes what has long been understood in OECD countries: that career decisions are among the hardest – and easiest to get wrong – that any child or parent faces. In the USA, the National Career Development Association does the same, and in Australia, the World of Work Programme has inspired thousands of students. Many are trying to raise standards: the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) has a global mandate and, in the UK, Futurewise, Youth Employment UK and Adviza are doing the same nationally. Often, they are not paid for it, so, for them, it is just an additional chore. Career guidance is often done very badly by teachers. If youth have no idea why they are studying what they are studying, it should be no surprise to educators that many of them drop out. At the very least, career guidance helps students understand why they are at school. A recent study in Tanzania found that only 0.2% of high school students had any kind of career guidance during their school career. Schools that offer career guidance stand a better chance of motivating students to excel in school careers designed to help them to achieve their goals. ![]() Young people tell us they would like that guidance to start in primary school, but most students around the world don’t get it all – and if they do, it’s often very rudimentary and unhelpful. Career guidance supports young people to acquire the skills they need to earn a good living doing something they like, and are good at, doing. ![]()
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