On Saturday, February 4, 2023, Management of Lycée Français International Jacques Prévert held this year’s edition of the school’s annual Career Day event at the school’s premises located at East Legon in Accra.
The event is organised by the Management of the school – one of the leading educational institutions in Ghana providing quality education – to create an opportunity for students to get a deeper understanding of various professions.
Students from Grades 9 to 12 had the opportunity to have conversations with renowned professionals on the motivation for selecting their careers, challenges they face and the things that sustained them at the top of their careers.
The French Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Jules Armand Aniambossou, was the Special Guest for the event; and he participated in the engagement with the students in the area of Diplomacy and International Corporation.
Professor Raymond A. Atuguba, Dean of the University of Ghana School Of Law; Kadidjah Amoah, Chief Executive Officer of Aker Energy; Scott Coles, Coffee Business Executive Officer for Nestlé Central and West Africa; Nadim Ghanem, Managing Director of Miniplast, were part of the resource persons at the event.
Others were Hamidou Sorgo, Senior Operations Officer at International Finance Corporation; Jonathan Christopher Koney, Assistant Manager, Corporate Affairs & International Cooperation, Ghana EXIM Bank; Anita Erskine, Media Entrepreneur and Communications Specialist; and Lara Naim Laham, HR Consultant & Accredited Executive and Leadership Coach.
Speaking after the event, Jules Armand Aniambossou expressed his excitement about the event, especially the interest from the students to know more about what the resource persons do and their brilliant questions. He further called on people in authority to empower women to take leadership roles and encourage them to make a conscious effort to learn French to open them up to more opportunities.
On her part, the Principal of the school, Catherine Dauer, said: “The Career Day is an important event on our calendar because it exposes the students to a variety of careers and jobs as well as connecting the students to professionals in those fields to give them account of what the real work is all about. This goes a long way to help the students to make some vital decisions with regards to their careers”.
At the event, Management of the school announced Saturday, 11th February, 2023 as the date for this year’s edition of its annual Open Day event – a day set aside to host members of the public in the school to have first-hand information on the operations of the school as well as giving them a deeper insight into the school’s academic structure and processes.
