Obviously, now the students will start thronging in colleges to get information about higher studies. Basically, it is important to decide on the subject to be pursued for your studies and future career visiting any college inquiry. Most students who pass SLC are confused about their future academic course. This is happening mainly because of friends' influence and parent pressure.
Students can take advice from friends and family, however they must make the final decision themselves based on interest, capability and future scope competitive domestic and international labour market. Academicians opined that the students should examine the educational background of the past 10 years and opt for a course in +2 based on their performance in class 10. There will be no use opting for science if student is weak in math.
If you have always wanted to become a banker and is good in management, you can go for a management course without any dilemma. Similarly, students interested in making a career in the medical line can enrol in science and specialise at the bachelor's and Master's levels targeting the right career in the vast field of science.
Student must choose a course based on interest, educational background and future prospects. Conventionally, students obtaining over 80 percent marks in SLC choose science as if there were no other good careers for students. However, with the change in mentality of the parents and wider scope in the management field with lucrative returns, many students securing high marks have also started to choose management. Likewise, such students have also been found choosing humanities
The trend is changing. Interest in management from high scorers is increasing significantly. Pursuing an academic course in management leads students to become bankers, entrepreneurs, traders and many other professionals in the field of business, marketing, accounting, finance, ccommerce and economics. Management students can also study hotel and tourism management.
Humanities, which is considered as the field of creativity and art, opens the door to a future career in literature, the arts, politics, media, social sector, economic and many other professions related to social sciences, political science, arts, economics, dance and music. The faculty is the largest in terms of subjects incorporated in it.
Similarly, if one goes for science, one can become a doctor, engineer, nurse, food technologist, biotechnologist, environmentalist, agro-specialist or forestry officer. This faculty has always remained a preferred course because of its scope in a wide range of careers in engineering and medicine.
Likewise, there are options for pursuing education after SLC in education, fine arts, forestry, veterinary and vocational and technical courses offered by the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT).
No matter what course one chooses, it should be chosen based on the course's impact on building the perfect career. Likewise, where you study is equally important as what you study. Thus, while choosing a college, you must know about the faculties, fees, infrastructure and past performance among other considerations.
Generally, depending up on the college, it costs an average of Rs. 80,000 for 10+2 in science in private colleges. Similarly, for management and humanities, it costs around Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 30,000 respectively. In government institutions, the cost may range from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 30,000 except for science. There are altogether around 3,000 institutions offering 10+2 education.
Normally, all the colleges are good. But the students themselves should choose a college keeping in mind factors like college environment and potential student competitors.
Tips for +2 Aspirants
1. First, decide what interests you. Make a list of the fields of study that interest you in 10+2, and come up with a list of courses you would consider studying based on these interests. Add the topics that you were most interested in during school.
2. There are numerous resources like internet, newspapers, television, people and colleges around you that could be best for knowing more about the courses before choosing any particular one. Check online materials about the courses you are interested in and find out about the career scope and its prospects and other info. You can talk to people of the field in which you are interested in and know the real experience of their career.
3. It is also important to go through the course outline in which you want to pursue 10+2. Have a look at the subjects you must undertake and the types of learning, assignments and examination tasks involved in the college. Normally, even if the course is the same, the teaching methods can vary from college to college. This will simply help you to be informed about what lies ahead for you.
4. Before joining any college, visit as many colleges as you can with parents, friends or even alone. Check the list of the faculties, past record of the college, infrastructure, library, computer lab, classes, facilities offered and fees. Get to know the scope of the course from the college officials too. Colleges make good commitments, later they fail to implement them.
5. Get to know the extracurricular and co-curricular activities and facilities for sports. It helps students to learn easily through practical courses and extracurricular activities more than the traditional class learning process. Sports, dance, singing and drama are also important for amusement along side the daily education.
6. Unfortunately, some courses are too hard to get into, or just too hard to actually succeed in completing, so be honest with your course selection so that it does not let you feel down later on. You should look for other colleges or similar courses if you are not confident in being accepted into your first preference course. If the college you want to enroll in is famous and hard to get in, it will be difficult for you. In such a case, you should prepare very well for the entrance test. And also don't forget to know if the college is offering some kind of scholarship to top scorers in the entrance exam.
7. The cost of the course is another major aspect. It is better to know all the cost breakdown that you have to bear for the course as well as the additional costs that occur, such as text books and field trips. And do not let cost hamper your career choice, as there are colleges which also offer scholarships, get to know about such colleges.
8. Whatever course you opt for is completely for your future career opportunities. Look at the career prospects of the course before selecting one. Do consider factors such as income, job security, stress, responsibility and other benefits while researching a profession.
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