Lycée Français D'Accra Jacques Prévert holds 2023 Career Day

On Saturday 4th February 2023, Management of Lycee Francais 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 Grade 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 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, Ms. Kadidjah Amoah, Chief Executive O cer of Aker Energy, Mr. Scott Coles, Co ee Business Executive O cer for Nestlé Central and West Africa, Mr. Nadim Ghanem, Managing Director of Miniplast were part of the resource persons at the event. Others were Mr. Hamidou SORGO, Senior Operations O cer, at International Finance Corporation, Mr. Jonathan Christopher Koney, Assis- tant Manager, Corporate A airs & International Cooperation, Ghana EXIM Bank, Ms. Anita Erskine, Media Entrepreneur and Communications Specialist and Ms. Lara Naim Laham, HR Consultant & Accredited Executive and Leadership Coach.

Speaking after the event, H, E 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 e ort to learn French to open them up to more opportunities.

On her part, the Principal of the school, Ms. 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 elds 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 rst-hand information on the operations of the school as well as giving them a deeper insight into the school’s academic structure and processes.