Career

1. S.4 CAREER
GUIDANCE

2. What is a Career?
– A career is an occupation undertaken for a
significant period of a person’s life and with
opportunities for progress.
– It defines what you do for a living.
– Examples????

3. What is Career Guidance?
– Career Guidance- Comprehensive, developmental
program designed to assist individuals in making
and implementing informed educational and
occupational choices.
– It is the guidance given to individuals to help
them acquire the knowledge, information, skills
and experience necessary to identify career
options.

4. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF
CAREER GUIDANCE?
– -It helps students make informed choices to choose a
career
– It helps students achieve their goals
– Introduce students to the nature and scope of the work
done and educate them on the skills necessary to
perform certain functions.
– Introduce students to different career options and
opportunities available to them

5. When is career guidance needed?
– Career guidance is a life long process and so, appropriate
for anyone including students, fresh graduates, seniors at
work etc….at any time.
– However, the earlier you get started marking intentional
decisions about your future, the better prepared you will
be.
– There is therefore no early time for career guidance

6. How does one choose a career?
– It starts with career planning and development
– Career planning is an individual choice of
occupation, organization and career path.
– Career development is the process of choosing a
career, improving your skills and advancing along
a career path.

8. Three important questions to
always ask yourself
– What do you think you are going to be good at?
– What do you want to study at the University?
– What career are you interested in?

10. Factors to consider while
choosing High School subjects.
Facilitating subjects- What are these?
Career advice- Subjects relevant to particular careers.
Assess the workload- Choose a balanced curriculum.
Challenge yourself but do not get overwhelmed.

11. Consider your Interests (likes) ambitions
Take into account your abilities (Scores)
Revisit your performance in class
Be sure of subject requirements
Assess your strengths and weaknesses

13. QUESTIONS FOR US TO
ANSWER
–What combination do I want to
do?
–Why this combination?
–Where does it lead me?

14. COMBINATIONS AT A’LEVEL
(GHS)
– SCIENCE COMBINATIONS ARTS COMBINATIONS
• PCB -M ART P -HEG
• PCM -ME FRE -HEL
• BCM -ME GER -HED
• PEM -MEART -HE FRE
• PM Td -ME MU -HE GER
• MEG -METD -LE ART
• BCFN

15. COURSES VS SUBJECT
COMBINATIONS
• PCB
 Medicine, Pharmacy, BSc Education, Human Nutrition,
Environmental science, Meteorology, Nursing, Sports science,
Chemical engineering etc….
• PCM
 Engineering, Quantity Surveying, BSc Education, Meteorology,
Agribus management etc….
• PEM
 Engineering, Population studies, Meteorology, BSc Education,
Statistics, Business Administration, Procurement and Logistics,
Quantity Surveying, Computer science etc……

16. • BCM
Medicine, Food science, BSc Agriculture, Pharmacy,
Nursing, Biomedical Engineering, BSc Education, Sports
science, Population Studies, Business Statistics etc…..
• MEG
Meteorology, BSc Education, Environmental Science
Technology and Management, Tourism, Statistics, B Econ,
Business Administration, Quantity Surveying,
Procurement and Logistics etc…..

17. • PM TD
Architecture, BSc Education, Quantity Surveying,
BSC Land Economics, Construction Management,
Engineering, Computer Science etc…….
• BC FN
BSc Education, BSc Food and Science Technology,
BSc Agric, BSc Human Nutrition, Meteorology,
Environmental Science etc…
• METD / MEART
Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Construction
Management, BSc Education, etc…

18. • ME FRE / ME GER
BSc Education, Accounting, Business
Management, Business statistics, Business
Administration, Administrative and Secretarial
Sciences etc…..
• Arts courses include; B. A Education, B. A Social
Sciences, Social Work and Social Administration,
Community Psychology, Development Studies,
Journalism and Communication, Music, B. A
Drama and Film etc….

20. – There are courses that cut across such as LAW, however
it calls for a pre-entry exam at the University of your
choice.
– In addition to the three subjects that form the
combination, there is also General Paper , Sub Maths and
Sub ICT.
– One has to do General paper and either sub maths or
ICT. However, students who do pure Mathematics do not
do Sub Maths, and therefore have to go for ICT, and any
one doing Economics without pure Mathematics must do
Sub Maths.

21. – A 'Level subjects are divided into Principle and
subsidiaries
– The principles are the three subjects that form
the combination and the subsidiaries are General
paper and either Sub Maths or ICT.
– The highest score for a principle subject is A (6
points). There fore if one has 3 As will score 18
points. The subsidiary’s high score is 1 mark. So
with the 2 subsidiaries, you score 2 points,
leading to a total 20 points.

22. POINTS TO REMEMBER
– S.4 results are very important not only for promotion to
A Level, but also contribute to the cut off points used to
admit students to the University.
– D = X 0.3 eg. If one has 7 distinctions, 2 credits
and one pass then it
will be
– C = X 0.2 7x0.3=2.1
– P = X 0.1 2x0.2=0.4
1x0.1=0.1 leading to 2.6

23. WEIGHTING CRITERIA
SUBJECT CATEGORY WEIGHT
(i) Essential 3
(ii) Relevant 2
(iii) Desirer able 1
RULES
(i) Essential subjects must be passed with a principal
pass
(ii) Any subject outside the weighting criteria is
equivalent to zero.
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24. THE WEIGHTING SYSTEM
– For Direct Entry Scheme
Subjects at ‘A’ level are divided into 3 categories
– Essentials = Weight X 3
Relevant = Weight X 2
Desirable = Weight X 1
 A distinction or credit in a desirable subsidiary
subject such as Sub-math or General paper
earns the applicant 1 point
Female Applicants are given extra 1.5 points for
affirmative action
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25. AVENUES OF ENTRY TO PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES
 DIRECT ENTRY SCHEME
Admission requirements are:
(i) Uganda Certificate of Education
(UCE) (“O’’ Level) or its equivalent (with
at least 5 subjects passed)
(ii) At least 2 principal passes obtained at
the same sitting of the Uganda
Advanced Certificate of Education
(UACE) (“A” Level).
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26.  SPECIAL SCHEMES
i) Persons with disabilities scheme:
Candidates must ;
 be direct entrants,
 have obtained at least 2 principal passes
Priority order of selection is, the blind, low
vision, deaf, hard of hearing, those with physical
disabilities, albinos, those with chronic medical
problems e.g. sickle cell anaemia, epilepsy,
asthma e.t.c.
 Evidence of disability is by attaching medical
documents or photographs confirming the
disability.
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27.  Talented sports persons scheme:
Potential candidates must have;
 Be A’ Level leavers with 2principal passes
participated up to National level in a
recognized sport.
Applications are submitted to National
Council for Sports (MoES) for verification
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28. UNIVERSITIES RECOGNISED BY NCHE
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
1. Makerere University
2. Mbarara University
3. Kyambogo University
4. Gulu University
5. Busitema University
6. Muni University
7. Kabale University
1. Over 30 Private
Universities
1. 10 of which are Chartered
Private Universities

30. THINGS TO AVOID
– Choosing a combination following emotions rather than ability and authentic
research.
– Following other people’s combinations blindly! Parents imposed choices
– Taking knowledge/information for granted!!!!! Always listen to and read from
credible sources
– Taking any subject in your combination for granted.
‘BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE STARTS WITH BETTER PLANNING’
“Building for the future starts with strategizing how best
your today is spent”

31. THANK YOU
‘NEVER GIVE UP’