COMMAND Day Secondary School, Kaduna has embarked on series of career sensitization programme in the interest of students who have over the years been having problems agreeing with their counsellors in their subject selections for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).

One of the guest speakers at the programme held at the school, Malam Musa Ibrahim, a professional accountant in Kaduna who spoke on accountancy as a career, said professionalism in accountancy attracts a lot of financial and material benefits.

He said accountants have a very wide market for job and are exposed to a lot of temptation hence required a very huge self control, because if caught in any misconduct would face the wrath of the law.

Ibrahim said a student can chose to study accounting in a polytechnic or university and qualify as a trained accountant, but not a professional until professional examinations like that of ICAN or ANAN is passed.

He then mentioned some of the major subjects required at ordinary level to study accounting in tertiary institution, as English, Mathematics, Economics, Commerce or Accounting along with any arts, social science or science subjects.

While speaking, Dr. Umaru Haira’u, who spoke on town planning as career, defined it as planning, ordering and designing of towns or settlements, saying it can also be referred to as urban planning.

He also made mention of job opportunities that are open to the town planners as very lucrative, which include oil companies, engineering and construction firms and companies, ministries, state and federal planning authorities, academic institutions as well as opportunity for self-employment.

Earlier in his opening remark, the school Commandant, Lt-Colonel O.A. Adebanjo, emphasized the importance of such programme in the academic ventures of students and why they should see beyond the present, but the future for which the foundation is being laid here.

He commended the guest speakers for responding to their call and spoke about their professionalism and experience in their various fields. He, however, enjoined the students to pay rapt attention to what he said.