Education and Careers in India

Careers After 10 + 2 - Career Planning and Choice of Courses

Student should begin the career planning when they are in Ninth Standard. Student has to choose his subjects when he enters 10 +2 / Intermediate. It can be science or commerce stream. In Science stream there are two combinations one is for engineering (PCM) and other is for medical stream (PCB). Now selection of Boards is also important because in new entrance examinations the marks of Intermediate would also be taken in account for selection in a professional course. So a student has to score good marks in his 10 + 2 examination.

A student of 10th might not have full knowledge about different career options before him. This is the main drawback for students, that they don't have persons who can guide them through correct career path. Parents can only provide information about their careers in which they are working. Internet searches can provide information about colleges and courses. No one can access your interest, whether you want to become doctor, engineer, CA, teacher, scientist, artist, journalist or an entrepreneur. In course selection and career planning page we have listed all possible career groups from which you can choose the best suitable for yourself.

Financial condition is a big limiting factor because all the professional colleges have high academic fees. Competition for entrance exam is also a limitation factor as lot of coaching institutes have sprung up which train student according to the exact exam format, for that they charge high fees which everyone cannot afford. So the correct way is judge your capabilities and keep each career path listed below in front of you and ask yourself following questions -

  • How many marks should you get in your 10 + 2 exam?
  • Do you have interest in it?
  • What is the cost of that course?
  • Can your family afford coaching for that entrance exam or you will do self study
  • What are the future prospects of that career?

If the answers to all these basic questions is YES, then go with your full confidence and win a career of your choice. Remember career choice starts on entering 10 + 2. There are following career paths to choose from following subject groups -

  • Science Group - B.Sc in Agriculture, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Forensic Science, Geography, Geology, Library Science, Mathematics, Microbiology, Nanotechnology, Psychology, Statistics, Yoga and Zoology
  • Commerce Group - B.Com in Accountancy, Banking, Finance and Insurance
  • Commerce Professional Courses - Foundation Courses in (C.A) Chartered Accountancy, (C.S) Company Secretary and (ICWA) Cost Accounting.
  • Bachelor Professional Courses - BBA (Management), BCA (Computer Application), BFA (Fine Arts), B.Music, BPA (Performing Arts), BHM (Hotel Management), BTM (Travel and Tourism Management) BJMC (Journalism and Mass Communication) and Design Courses (Fashion, Textile and Interior)
  • Engineering Group - B.Arch in Architecture, Urban Planning and B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mining.
  • Medical Science Group - MBBS (Medicine), BDS (Dental), BAMS (Ayurvedic), B.V.Sc (Veterinary) and BUMS (Unani)
  • Para Medical Science Group - B.Sc in (Clinical Research, Nursing, Audiology and Nutrition), B.Pharma (Pharmacy), BPT (Physiotherapy), BPH (Public Health) and B.Opto (Optometry).
  • Agriculture Sciences - B.Sc in Dairy Farming, Fishery, Forestry and Horticulture
  • Arts Group - B.A in English, Hindi, Indian Languages, Foreign Languages, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Education and Tourism

Career Planning is one of the most difficult part in the life of Student because a student has to keep in mind his aptitude, financial background and future prospects. A person can be successful if he do thing in which he has lot of interest. It might not be high salary oriented but he would get job satisfaction. He will do his work with full interest and rise in chosen career. Kindly watch career related videos on Indiaeduinfo Youtube Channel

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