EDUCATION & CAREER DEVELOPMENT FAIR
BAPS Charities, HOUSTON, TX

01.28.2006 Houston, TX, USA

In addition to establishing a solid foundation of social, cultural, and moral values in today's youths, the BAPS Charities also stresses the importance of education in the younger generation. In order to do this, parents as well as children must be informed on all aspects of our educational system, from junior high school know-how to the endeavor of applying to post-graduate institutions.

To help "educate the public on education", an education and career development fair was held on Saturday, January 28, 2006 from 9am to 5pm. Morning and afternoon seminars discussed a plethora of topics while during the lunch break a maze of booths and representatives were available for perusal and information on specific schools and their programs.

The morning sessions were based on high school basics. Seminars included: how to gain admission into the best colleges, how to prepare for college while in high school, and how to get scholarships and other financial aid for college. Representatives from universities all across Texas were on hand to distribute information and answer questions.

Following lunch, the afternoon sessions focused primarily on college and post-graduate basics. Topic covered included college basics and getting into medical school, law school, and business school. Representatives from various areas such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, business, law, optometry, physician's assistant and nursing were on hand to discuss their respective programs.

The parents who attended were impressed by the knowledge of the speakers and the effort exhibited by the volunteers. One parent remarked, "They [sessions] were nicely and professionally presented. We as a community and as an individual parent really, really appreciate what you all have done."

Students also left the fair feeling positive and better equipped with information to ready them for the next step in their education. A student confessed, "I really wish I had attended your last one [fair], which would have decreased my mistakes in high school."

Everyone was pleased with the program and the volunteers have vowed to continually obtain feedback and make each subsequent fair better and more complete than the previous.

The fair was primarily aimed to students from 7th grade to their final year in college.