Students of the La Presbyterian Senior Secondary School (SHS), in Accra, were on Wednesday urged to work hard to realise their potentials.
The students showed a lot of enthusiasm when MTN, the leading telecommunication company in Ghana, organized a career guidance and counselling session on courses available at the universities, polytechnics and vocational schools.
The activity was part of the social responsibility of the company under the theme: "Enriching our Communities, Leaving Sustainable Legacy."
The three-week programme, "21 Days Yellow Care," is interspersed with developmental activities in communities all over the country where MTN is found.
Ms Ama Anin, Organizational Development consultant for MTN, told the students to start working towards their profession by studying hard because "your working life is not far away but very close".
She said students must not jump from one course to another under the pretext of parental influence or peer pressure.
Ms. Anim advised parents against pressurising their children to pursue particular courses but they must respect their children's desires and offer advice as to whatever course they would chose.
She explained that the study of one course could lead to the study of another and cited that a medical doctor could become a lawyer, or a teacher could become a president.
"Success is not how you start the journey but how you end it; it is not about going to the university, but thousands of opportunities lie in other areas such as vocational schools," Ms Anim said.
In all these, she said, "develop positive attitudes towards all subjects, read extensively and be computer literate".
Ms. Anim said students should also take co-curricula activities seriously by joining clubs that could contribute to their development.
Mr Jonathan Kojo, Human Resource Manager of MTN, said the company was charitable to many communities through the building of schools and it has also provided social services that were developmental in nature.
He said by this MTN was giving back some of what it had taken from the community.
Mr. Christopher Akrasi, headmaster of the school, in a welcoming address thanked MTN for the programme.
He appealed to the company to come to their aid by building an assembly hall for the school.