Mrs Janet Opam, Greater-Accra Regional Co-ordinator of the Guidance and Counselling Unit of the Ghana Education Service, has encouraged parents and guardians to guide children in their formative years to unearth and develop their talents.
Speaking at the launch of a Career Conference in Tema, Mrs Opam said counselling should be used to provide moral support for children and to resolve their learning and behavioural problems to reduce the incidence of
premature exit from the school system.
The Conference was jointly organised by the Guidance and Counselling Unit of the Tema Metro Directorate of the GES and Love and Fidelity
Ministry, a non-governmental organisation, for counsellors within the Metropolis.
Mrs Opam pointed out that Guidance was a cradle to grave service which should be continuous because the learning of certain behavioural patterns and the acquisition of knowledge was a continuous process.
She, therefore, charged parents and counsellors to jointly guide children on the choice of subjects, professional requirements, and employment prospects.
Madam Justina Appenteng Abrokwah, Counsellor, expressed the hope that counsellors would guide children from the early stage to help bridge the gap from one educational ladder to the other.