In order to provide career guidance with information on entrance examinations, scholarships and employment-oriented courses, the Education Minister of Rajasthan, Govind Singh Dotasara has launched the Rajiv Gandhi Career Portal for the students from classes 9 to 12 on February 6.

“It is a big step of the government towards providing employment-oriented-education to students. The portal is developed with support from UNICEF and is a first-of-its-kind in the country,” Dotasara told PTI.

About the portal:

1. The portal has emerged with the support of UNICEF.

2. The portal will provide information to students on over 200 vocational and 237 professional courses.

3. Apart from this, it will also provide online information on over 455 employment areas, 10,000 colleges in the country, 960 scholarship schemes and over 955 entrance examinations.

In a way, the portal will give employment-oriented-education to students.

UNICEF’s mission:

UNICEF promotes the rights and well being of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

In all of its work, UNICEF takes a life-cycle based approach, recognizing the particular importance of early childhood development and adolescence.

UNICEF programmes focus on the most disadvantaged children, including those living in fragile contexts, those with disabilities, those who are affected by rapid urbanization and those affected by environmental degradation.