The Career Development Programme - From Grade 8th till 12th
The main purpose of career development is to guide an individual toward an occupation/or a set of alternative occupations. Competencies, interests and thus also the personality of an individual play an important role in helping determine the occupational choices. Assessing these facets of the individual is thus an integral part of this programme. Results from these assessments are used to arrive at alternative choices of occupations.
Various psychometrics are used in this phase.
- # The tests are administered to the group over a period of 2 days, with 2.5 hours session on each day.
- # The assessment can take place in a classroom, with 2 students seated on each bench at a comfortable distance from each other.
- # Before administering the test, the instructions are clearly read out and doubts clarified.
- # Two qualified & experienced personnel from Spring will administer the test. The data will then be scored and interpreted.
- # Individual reports will be given at an informed date.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH TEST
- # Mixed Type Group Test of Intelligence (MGTI): It is a group test consisting of 2 tests - the verbal test and the non - verbal test. Each of these has 5 subtests.
- # The Differential Aptitude Test (DAT): An Aptitude test measures innate potentiality. The DAT is a battery consisting of 8 tests.
- # The Self-Directed Search (SDS): SDS attempts to determine the personality profile of an individual among six different types using inventories.
Note: We are dealing with a student population, which is on an average still 3-5 years away from their first job, several intervening factors like changing skills, changing environment, changing interests, etc.,. will affect the final outcome. |
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