20 students tour airline industry

Publishe in the Daily Graphic on 11/12/2009 pg 11

Story: Matilda Attram
TWENTY final year students from five senior high schools in Accra have undergone an educational tour on the airline services to equip them with first-hand knowledge of how the industry works and will also help them to choose their future careers.
The schools include Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Osu Presbyterian Senior High School, St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School, Labone Senior High School and Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School.
The tour, which was sponsored by Broadminds Foundation, in collaboration with CityLinK Air Transport Services, was expected to inspire the youth to build their career capacity.
It was also to expose students interested in choosing a career in the airline services to have some insight into the airline industry and for them to also share ideas.
The Founder of Broadminds, Mr Philip Ferdinand Reimmer, pointed out that the need to guide students to choose and learn more about their future careers was a responsibility of all.
He said Broadminds Foundation was a non-governmental organisation (NGO) established in Ghana to educate and inspire the youth in building up their career capacities which would enhance their lives and develop the nation as a whole.
“Broadminds focuses on inspiring teens in the country and Africa and also encourages creativity among them through educational seminars,” he stated.
Mr Reimmer noted that the organisation, which was established four years ago, was to engage the youth in educational activities that would improve on their lifestyles through seminars, lectures, tourism, among others.
“Today’s youth are so much involved in entertainment that they find education rather boring. Through some of our programmes, we have been able to bring together students from different schools who help one another in their studies,” he said.
The Commercial Manager of CityLinK, Mr Sam Essel, and other staff members of the company took the students through the processes of the company’s operations and services.
He, further, entreated the students to take their academic programmes seriously to enable them to contribute immensely to the development of the nation.