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SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2018

Summer’s up! It’s been almost a month since school started and we’re all busy settling

back into our overdecorated routines. While most of us have had the pleasure of taking

long naps on weekdays and binge watching our favourite tv series during the summer

holidays, the students of grade eleven (now in grade twelve) experienced something

completely dissimilar.

After the completion of their AS Level exams, 30 students from the Scholastica Uttara

campus got assigned to different firms to serve as interns.

The Summer Internship Programme is an arrangement that has allowed the students of

Scholastica to explore their skills beyond school boundaries for the last 8 years.

Students get selected by the school counsellors based on their merit, interests and

grades. Though each internship is about 20 days long, a lot of time, thought and effort is

invested for this procedure, before they’re actually sent off. The group of organisations

that are involved is truly a diverse one and each student’s personality is carefully

examined in order to find a sector that suits them best. These include radio stations,

advertisement firms, hospitals and even sectors of the United Nations.

Benefits provided by these internship programs are numerous. Not only do they enrich

the students’ college applications but the knowledge and experience they gain through

this, is extremely valuable. One’s wisdom and talent are rather pointless if he cannot

execute his ideas efficiently in practical scenarios and this is something the students

have learned through the course of this summer. Each firm provided a unique experience

and the students were engaged in several different activities. While some were out

making pitches for business ideas, others at a different organisation were taking

interviews of customers at malls. The students actively communicated with other

coworkers and thoroughly researched when they were required to in order to increase

productivity.

Here’s what some of them had to say about their

experience:

“In the course of this internship program we have gained knowledge of how officials work

closely along with each other in an institution, we have experienced the challenges

overcome each day, something we are about to encounter in a few years”

(Abrar Mahir Rakin, Jaago Foundation)

“I was assigned in the bichemistry and microbiology lab. The first day was a bit hectic as I

had to go through the lab protocols and strictly follow it. I learned about different

bacterial strain and how they are cultured. After an experiment is done, I leant how the

apparatus is cleaned to avoid contamination. Also surviving long hours of work without any

companion was a big challenge too but it was a wonderful experience”

(Syeda Arunima Suvechha, IUB)

“Working at Dhaka Tribune over the summer was an extremely valuable experience. I

learnt the ins and outs of journalism and print cycles. My supervisors were very supportive

and it was actually fun working there. I was treated like a co worker and not as a kid, given

responsibilities and deadlines. Besides learning how to write proper articles I also learnt

values like punctuality and professionalism. I wouldn’t have spent my summer any other

way.”

(Orni Hasan, Dhaka Tribune)

Not everybody’s experience was all rainbows and butterflies, but at the end of the day,

even they realised that this is how real life works. All in all, we can conclude that it was

an extraordinary summer for the 30 participants and they earned invaluable

experience which will help them for years to come.

SAMAHA SUBAH

CLASS XII

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