Speakers at a seminar advised students to focus on the study of computer science and information technology to be able to face challenges and get jobs after completing education, WealthPK reports. The one-day seminar was organised by the University of Sargodha to provide counselling to computer science and information technology students on life challenges and coping strategies.

Dr Najma Iqbal, the chairperson of the psychology department, and members of the counselling centre of the university Kinza Khalid and Sidra Shakur, besides a large number of students participated in the seminar. The speakers said that the seminar was organised to create awareness among students about the scope of computer science and information technology and job opportunities.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Najma Iqbal said that the counselling centre mainly solved the psychological problems of students facing new life challenges. “We teach them to find solutions to these problems,” he added. She said that if students could not find solutions to problems on their own, different sessions were arranged for them in which their psychological confusion was resolved through counselling.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk