An article published by CNN Brasil Educação brought an important piece of data to the discussion about youth, school, and the future: at least 40% of high school students still do not know which career path to follow.
The topic reinforces an increasingly present reality in schools: many young people reach the end of basic education without clarity about their professional possibilities, without enough contact with different fields of work, and often without spaces for active listening that help them reflect on their own paths.
By Kids To Kids participated in the report by highlighting the importance of pedagogical guidance in this process. According to the project’s CEO, Vitor Azambuja, an education specialist, students’ contact with different professional profiles can be decisive in broadening their horizons and building new perspectives for the future.
“I believe it is extremely important today, in the current world, where new professions emerge every day, for schools to bring in professionals not only from medicine, engineering, and law, but also people who have developed different careers, with different types of work, including startup professionals, so that teenagers can begin to think that the future is possible for them,” says Vitor.
According to him, when students learn about different career paths, they are able to see possibilities that may have once seemed distant or nonexistent.
“Having contact with different fields from an early age opens up a wide range of possibilities in students’ minds, allowing them to think about different opportunities and envision a possible future,” he adds.
Career guidance should not be seen only as a matter of choosing a profession, but as part of young people’s integral development. It is also a way to strengthen self-esteem, broaden repertoire, encourage autonomy, and build perspective.
For By Kids To Kids, talking about education also means talking about the future. And building the future begins when children and young people realize that their stories, talents, and choices have value.
This text comments on an article published by CNN Brasil Educação, written by André Nicolau, on June 6, 2026.