What after 10th?

What will you do next ? Will you take the road less travelled or go for the one trodden by many ? For the first time in your life, you’ll have to face a question that might haunt you all your life, “what are you going to do after this” ? This question will pop-up from time to time, whenever you reach an important milestone in your life. Many students find this question intimidating if they are not clear about their career ambitions or how to reach it. With the end of school life, begins a life where you have to start taking some important decisions. It is important to have a clear career plan for a smooth passage from your school life to a happy professional life. It’s time to choose a stream after 10th and if you don’t have an in-depth knowledge of the choices that you have ahead of you, you might end-up in a career that is not made for you. It is common among students going through this transition phase to get influenced by misinformation and end up making wrong decisions.

An individual’s decision making skill is the most sought-after skill in each and every career; no matter which job you do, your success will be based on the reasoning applied behind the decisions you take. This skill is spurred in a student from time to time and it starts right after you finish your 10th grade. Before 10th, the only choice you made was selecting your second language. After 10th the story changes, for the first time, you have the steering wheel of your career. For most of the students, this phase appears like a complex maze with lots of doors leading to the different direction, and it becomes difficult to find the door that leads towards the student’s dream career.


Here are some common dilemmas faced by parents and the kids.


A plethora of career options after 10th: This is one of the biggest problem faced by the parents. If we go back a decade or two, when your parents were in your place, all they had to choose was between mathematics and biology. This is not the case anymore, there are many options available and as it is said, more options mean more chances of making the wrong choice.


What to consider:While making any decision in life you need to keep in mind the consequences of the choice you make. Similarly, after your 10th you should not only look at the future and make a decision according to the career you want but also consider your past and make the decision based on your strengths and weaknesses.

Selecting Board:After 10th, you have the option of sticking to the same education board or going for a different board. This decision should be taken after understanding the difficulty level of every board. For example, if you have studied in state board till your 10th, you should be ready to face the difficulty, if you want to shift to boards like CBSE or ICSE.

Why make a choice? :Commonly, students are advised to keep their options open and go with the general science, arts or commerce streams. While this advice works for many, some students feel that they are burdening themselves with a subject they are weak in and could have easily omitted and improved their performance. The career counselling after 10th explore your potential and help you make a right career choice.

Is this an important step? :Many parents ask this question and feel that this is not a very important choice of life and can be taken again after grade 12th. On the contrary, this may be the first but also a decision which gives your career a direction. It’s always better to start early.

Every student has a unique set of skills, strengths, and weaknesses and hence it’s very important to take unique decision for every student. The career experts while offering career guidance after 10th explore the students’ set of skills and help them choose a right career path.


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