Youth is exercising their choice

Young people often face a major dilemma when choosing courses to study that would lead up to their career after they have passed their HSC examinations. Many parents, for example, want their children to become doctors. The desire to pursue a career in this field is so prevalent as it is not only financially lucrative, but also because it is deemed highly prestigious.

Nowadays, however, creative subjects such as fashion designing, multimedia technology, etc. are getting popularised. Educational institutions are providing courses on a variety of fields, keeping the current trend in mind.

Many subjects that used to be branded as inferior and were often discarded by the majority of people, are now very popular. For a society to function properly, it needs all kinds of professionals, not just doctors or engineers. Therefore, the diverse academic preference of the youth is a good thing for the country's future.

Anika Tasneem, Dhaka