Abstract
While transitioning from school to the labor market, students are at the risk of making myopic decisions if they lack information about available career options matching their interests and skills and are influenced by peers as well as parental and societal expectations. In India, while students from affluent backgrounds can access private career counselling services, students from poorer backgrounds typically lack this access. This reinforces the inequality of opportunity between students from poorer and richer backgrounds and is particularly concerning for girls who, due to gender norms, often do not even enter the labor force. In this project, we examine the impact of a career exploration program for students, right after finishing school, on the likelihood to continue education and skill formation, their intention to work in the future as well as confidence and locus of control.