Career Guidance at IIS
The Guidance Counsellor provides relevant and crucial career guidance to students by following a scientific, developmental and time- bound orientation towards higher education.
Group sessions are conducted for students from Grade 8 itself to orient them as life-long learners. Group sessions in Grade 8 focuses on understanding their interests, so that they can take up activities that suit their future career. Personality, and its match with career options is given emphasis in Grade 9, whereas Grade 10 sessions look at aptitude and its match with future academic choices. This gives a comprehensive picture of their passion and, helps students and parents in various ways:
- Understanding themselves, in terms of strengths and areas of improvement
- Researching and building up knowledge based on their interests
- Setting goals
- Making informed choices while choosing their stream of study
Specialized Services
The Career Centre is committed to providing students with accurate information that will eventually aid them in professional and personal arenas. The range of services we rived are as follows:
One-on-one sessions are conducted for students along with their parents by the Guidance Counsellor on request. The specific queries that the parents may have regarding university admissions, test requirements, employability, etc. are catered to during these sessions. They prove to be highly beneficial and insightful to the student and his/her parents.
Student and parent talks conducted by respective Section Counsellors of Grades 9 & 10 focus on various topics that are important in terms of preparing for University such as Making a Strong Student Profile, Higher Education Options, etc.
