DPS Rohini organized Ekjut@30: Spoilt for Choice - Career Fest, exclusively for the students and parents of Classes VIII - XII on August 7, 2024. The event was held from 10 am to 1 pm in the Main School Quadrangle, bringing together 20 prominent universities from across India to guide and inform students about a wide array of career opportunities available after Class XII.

The career fest was designed to offer students and their parents a comprehensive overview of various academic and professional paths. The participating universities set up kiosks across the quadrangle, each staffed by knowledgeable representatives who provided detailed insights into their respective institutions.

Students and parents explored a variety of career courses, including traditional fields like management and law, as well as emerging and specialized areas such as fashion designing, lifestyle and leather project designing, footwear design and B. Tech in Artificial Intelligence. The fest also emphasized skill-based subjects, catering to the growing demand for specialized education in diverse sectors.

In addition to course details, students were provided with crucial information about the admission procedures, campus facilities and infrastructure of the universities. This allowed them to gain a holistic understanding of what each university had to offer, enabling them to make informed decisions about their future academic and career paths.

Ekjut@30: Spoilt for Choice - Career Fest not only broadened the horizons of the participants but also reinforced DPS Rohini's commitment to guiding its students towards successful and fulfilling careers.

The session aimed at helping students to release their stress through a beautiful blend of art and writing. The students created depictions of their problems in the form of a mountain and further added characters and ways to reach the top of that mountain- a way to affirm that all obstacles in life can be overcome.

For the writing segment, the students were given a prompt and asked to continue the sentence. They wrote down their strengths and their positive traits which helped them realize their value and capability which is essential to be strong in life. These activities boosted the moral of students and fostered a positive environment.

• Student ambassadors from Class IX and XI prepared a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation highlighting the 17 SDGs, their definitions, and real-life examples illustrating their relevance. The session was conducted in Classes VI-VIII. The presentation was interactive and encouraged student participation.
• The primary objective of the awareness session was to introduce the SDGs and make students aware of their significance.
• Many students who were not previously aware of the SDGs realized their importance and relevance to their daily lives.
• To assess the understanding and retention of the information, a feedback quiz was administered after the presentation. This quiz included questions related to each SDG and its relevance.

Delhi Public School Rohini organized a session on storytelling for the parents on Saturday, 14 October 2023. The session was organized in collaboration with the National Book Trust and was conducted by Ms. Simi Srivastava, an experienced storyteller and Founder-Director of Kathashala.

The aim of the session was to empower parents with skills and insights to enhance their children’s lives through the art of storytelling. Ms. Srivastava engaged the audience with her interactive style of telling stories. Narrating the classic story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, she demonstrated how stories can be effectively used to communicate, educate and entertain. She emphasized the importance of using the right story keeping in mind the target audience.

• Student ambassadors of Class IX and XI prepared a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation highlighting the 17 SDGs, their definitions and real-life examples illustrating their relevance. The session was conducted in classes VI-VIII.
• The primary objective of the awareness session was to introduce the SDGs and make students aware of their significance.
• To assess the understanding and retention of the information, a feedback quiz was administered after the presentation.
• The presentation was interactive and encouraged student participation.

An Online Stream Selection Session was organized by Delhi Public School Rohini on Saturday for the parents and students of IX-X.

The session began with the Principal addressing all parents and students with the trend of dummy schools followed by an overview of the factors influencing the choice of a stream. Thereafter, Ms. Meenu Arora, a renowned Career Counselor set the tone for the session highlighting the factors influencing the choice of stream and subjects connecting it to the various career options.

The speaker also highlighted the types of Aptitude and the changing world of work. The emphasis was on the changing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary world of work. Also, the connection between Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Japanese way of life IKIGAI was also established.

Overall, it was an informative and productive interaction with varied questions across careers. The speaker addressed all the queries before concluding the session.

A career counselling session was organized by the school for students of classes IX to XII who were interested in pursuing a career in law. The event was graced by Mr. Abhay Ojha, Joint Director of Jindal Global Law School at O.P. Jindal Global University.

Mr. Ojha provided invaluable knowledge to the attendees by sharing his professional as well as personal experiences as a lawyer. During the course of the workshop, Mr. Ojha enlightened the students about various entrance exams that they could take to gain admission to law schools. He informed them that a good aptitude is required in English, Maths, Logical Reasoning, and General Knowledge to clear a law entrance test. He further clarified that unlike the other entrance tests, the LSAT has only two components, namely, Reasoning and English.

Mr. Ojha informed that LSAT is conducted by LLAC Pennsylvania using Artificial Intelligence and is a strict procedure. It is a home-based exam involving 90 questions with a time limit of 150 minutes. His session proceeded with some tips for acing these exams. Further, he suggested the participants to keep their general awareness up to date on international sports, awards and honors, important international news, economic news, as well as appointments and deaths for the General Knowledge Aptitude Test.

The latter half of the talk focused on the courses offered by colleges with law as their main subject and an overview of the different career paths that one could choose within the legal industry. There are degree courses such as BA LLB, BB LLB, and B. Com LLB that can be pursued by the students. After graduating from the law school, one can pursue a profession in the field of judiciary by becoming a criminal lawyer, a corporate lawyer or even a legal advisor. Alternatively, one could take up a profession in teaching, civil services, armed forces, administration, MBA, or LLM. At this stage, Mr. Ojha intimated to the audience that law could be considered a beneficial main subject when preparing for UPSC.

He also shared the three prerequisites for choosing an ideal college, i.e. faculty, alumni and infrastructure. He ended his session with a word of caution to not get influenced by modern-day films and online series as they don’t show the reality of law and courts.

The workshop proved to be an exceptional opportunity for students who are aspiring to pursue law in higher education. It was an informative and inspiring event that left the students with a better understanding of the various career paths available within the field of law. The students were able to gain valuable insights from Mr. Ojha’s experiences and expertise, which will undoubtedly help them in their future endeavours.

The session focussed on adolescents, self-awareness and emotions such as anger, health and mental health concerns, peer pressure, empowering yourself in the digital world, nutrition and health, skills related to careers and employability. The modality was interactive and focussed on activities to get the message across. The students understood facts and research related to life skills.

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Key Points from Ms. Aarti Ghai's Session on Hospitality Career at DPS Rohini:

• Career opportunities in resorts, restaurants, airlines and events.
• Airlines include Indian Navy, Fast Food Catering & food craft industries.
• IHM has received prestigious awards and offers placements in reputed national and international companies.
• Core departments of the course: Front office, Food production, Food and beverage, Housekeeping.
• Tie-ups with foreign embassies and brands for events and workshops.
• Degrees offered after the course: B.Sc., MSc, BA.
• Details of the entrance exam NCHMT-JEE were shared.
• 'Hunar se Rozgar' short-term course for students from Class VIII onwards.

Ms. Vrinda Tandon talked about the things going around the world and how knowledge is multiplying with digital revolution.

• With the vision of NEP there is a big change from STEM to STEAM.
• Liberal Education, which is a synonym for holistic education, gives freedom to study, different style of learning, where discussion-based classes are conducted keeping learning intact.
• She gave an idea about the interdisciplinary courses for example — how probability of Math relates to Political science.
• The undergraduate courses which a student can choose. There are 200 combinations for foundation courses along with selecting major, minor, and co-curricular subjects.
• She concluded with a quote: “The illiterate of 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”

Design is empathy, one needs to understand the mindset of others and only then can they come up with good designs.

A Design Thinking session was conducted by Ms. Nilanjana Thaosen from ISDI- Atlas Skilltech University, Mumbai. The session aimed to educate students about opportunities in this field. It was an extremely interactive and informative session for the students. The objective of the session was to motivate the students to take up new courses in this upcoming field.