Answering the most Inevitable question “What after 12th ?” Engineering or MBBS or BA or BBA.
Which course of education will give a good salary and job security?
Choosing a right career is very important to get closer to your goals. Having a goal is important and more important is moving in the same direction to live the dream that you had dreamt.
If someone wanted to become a Lawyer and had good hold on language with good argument and he unfortunately , forced to pursue BTECH in CSE or AIML, as they are currently trending , how can he argue with the computer and machines? Or if someone is great at designing posters, painting or even pages and he or she choose to get a degree in Engineering , say Computer science Engineering. He will have to go through good amount of math , logic, intense coding . Which will definitely kill his curiosity in Designing. If he still manage to pass all the 40 Academic subjects of Engineering and manage to keep his spark for designing alive. His chances to make a career into the field of his desire is next to impossible barring few exceptional cases.
Why do you think there is a lot of unemployment in India these days? Skill Miss match or lack of jobs
A Bad Engineer might be a great musician , Designer , Cricketer , Politician, actor, singer. He is just in the wrong place. This leads to a skill mass match and lack of interest to learn a skill that is completely different from the desire.
There are 3 Category of Students after 12th: Check under which Section you fall and what can be your next move.
Category 1 : Student is good at math and logic building
Engineering and Technology
If you love doing math and good at figuring logics in every situation. If you are curious to learn more about the development of the Applications, Love coding or wanna learn it and implement complex Algorithms to solve real world problems or If you love and wanna learn more about infrastructure , Buildings , designing beautiful structures or if you wanna learn about electrical circuits , transformers.
Go ahead and pursue Engineering in any of the streams that you like, Computer Science , Artificial Intelligence , Data Science , Electronics and Communication, Automobile , Chemical , Mechanical , Civil , from a reputed College.
Technology and Compute Science (non engineering )
One should have interest in math and curious to learn new technology but less intense than that required for engineering. One can pursue BCA , BSC in computer Science or Diploma in web development. These are little similar to engineering but very diluted subjects and less complex to understand.
Category 2 : Student is good at Biology and Medical - Health Science
if you are a student who is caring, science oriented , and interested in health care or environment domain.
BSC offers a wide spectrum that has courses apart from technical like BSc in nursing , Micro biology, Environmental science , forensic science , Agriculture and many more do explore to check which one aligns with your interests.
Non MBBS courses like Like B.Pharma , Paramedical Courses will provide you the opportunity to work in the Medical science domain and lab technicians respectively.
Category 3: Student interested in Law and Social Science
If you are an Excellent at communication , Love to Debate, Good Observant , ethical , Always ready to argue and interested in Justice , legal careers . You can go for BA LLB or BBA LLB.
Pursuing a degree in this will give you an edge in UPSC examinations which paves path to civil service like District Magistrate , IAS , IPS. This degree will make your UPSC journey easy as it’s subjects will deepen your Understanding for the polity and constitution , Enhance Analytical and Logical Reasoning. The understanding of legal principles and case laws gained through an LLB can be particularly helpful for those aspiring to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) or other services where a legal understanding is beneficial.
Category 4: Those Students Who Challenge the status Quo
Your background doesn’t matter. As you can still pursue anything you desire or become anything you had dreamt of. Even though you had PCM Subjects in PUC and still get into LLB and practice Law. If you wanted to become a designer you can , if you wanted to go for the ITI or Nursing or some field of research you can happily get a degree in that particular domain. You can pursue unconventional degrees by ignoring the social stigma that force you to choose only between Becoming a doctor and Engineer. Go ahead to break the social stigma and get degrees in your interested domain Home science, Capital Market ,Animation, Photonics , Food Technology , Archaeology and many more.
The only Warning here is to do a proper research before enrolling for such degrees and only draw back is that a very few colleges offer such courses.
| Category | Ideal Skills | Recommended Courses |
|---|---|---|
| Tech Lovers | Logical, Analytical | B.Tech, BCA, B.Sc CS |
| Creatives | Visual, Expressive | B.Des, Fine Arts, Animation |
| Empathetic | Caring, Science-oriented | Nursing, Paramedical, B.Sc Bio |
| Leaders | Communicative, Ethical | BA LLB, UPSC track, Political Science |
Conclusion :
Before Even exploring what lies ahead spend some time to explore what you are good at or what you can take up. Do not ask people or get influenced by people around you or your siblings who have already gone through the process several years ago . This is an internet era spend some time doing research, connect to people of that domain on LinkedIn or Twitter , build connections , ask questions to resource person, get your doubts cleared and move ahead. You can also reach out to colleges for the enquiry and even visit campus. Wishing you all the Best in choosing the right track , degree and career.
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