The British Council organised a series of college tours, visiting many institutes of Karachi and Islamabad, aimed at facilitating young people through interactive mentoring sessions. The tour sought to educate the youth, wishing to go abroad for academic and career opportunities, about rules and customs of applying abroad for employment and education purposes along with Youth Mentors and Youth Icons. The tour, covering various educational institutes of Karachi, kicked off at Muhammad Ali Jinnah University last week and went on to cover City School A-Levels Gulshan, Bahria University, Greenwich University, Lecole School for Advance Studies, PAF KIET, Dow University of Health Sciences and eventually culminated at SZABIST.
The tour then moved on to the federal capital Islamabad, where students of Bahria University, Roots College International, COMSATS, Quaid-e-Azam University, and FAST University were enlightened by their counselling session. In each tour, a two-hour seminar aimed to educate the youth about avoiding the common mistakes usually committed when planning to go abroad was conducted. The audience was also educated about the scope of IELTS and process of registration through a special “real life scenario” documentary based on a student’s dilemma of going abroad.
The audience was later engaged in a fun-filled quiz, in which prizes were awarded by the British Council. British Council representatives were also present at all the seminars to answer questions and clear away students’ doubts regarding IELTS. The students showed keen interest in availing opportunities for advanced education from abroad and learning about diverse cultures. FAST University student Sana Khan said, “The seminar has helped me in evaluating what I really want to do in my life.” Ali Butt of Bahria University said it was a great learning experience for the students, especially the one-on-one interaction with the British Council representatives that really helped in clearing away the students’ confusions.
