The three major streams from which a student has to decide are Science, Commerce and Humanities. Science has further two options: Medical/ Non Medical and humanities has number of options. Thus, it is quite cumbersome to decide. There are some steps every student should take before taking any decision.

Before making any decision, a student must be aware about himself. It means he should have known his strengths, weaknesses, skills, interest and aptitude towards a particular subject. He should ask questions to himself.  Do I have an interest in this subject?  Can I do well in this if I choose?

Always take guidance from the teachers, seniors, career counselors and parent as they are the ones who have experience and knowledge. Discuss your interest with them and try to find out the result. Never do according to words of other; always do you think you can give your best in. But a healthy discussion on career options will always pay you fruit.

Attend some career and education seminars which will give you an insight about the future trends, opportunities and required skills in a particular stream. It will help you to choose the right stream.

Thus, at last after analyzing self and seeking ideas from others, it’s time to the take the final step. Just make up your mind and choose the right career path.

The first choice that a Matriculation student has to make is to choose between the streams of Science, commerce and humanities.

If he opts for science, then again two choices are there: Medical and Non medical

Non medical is chosen by those who believe in more analytical than theoretical based learning. The main subjects that non –medical involves are Physics, chemistry and Maths.

First of all student strive for excellence to get the admission in top most technological institutes of India i.e. IITs and NITs. For this, every year lakhs of student appear for IIT (Mains and Advanced) exam conducted by NTA (National testing agency). This exam opens the gateway for them to enter into the engineering colleges where they get practical knowledge about the subject. The different courses, a student can study in engineering are: Computer science engineering, Electronics and communication engineering, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Textile engineering, Automobile engineering, Environmental engineering, Aerospace engineering, Production engineering, Manufacturing engineering, Aeronautical engineering.

Engineering is not a limiting factor or option for the student going for non medical stream. He can also go for individual specialization like Astrophysics, Nuclear and Atomic physics, Molecular physics, Optical physics, Meteorology, Chemical engineering, Biochemistry, Nuclear chemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Applied mathematics, Computational mathematics, Complex dynamics, Fluid mechanics, Image processing, Statistics.

However, one should not be limited by this article and also consult the experienced faculties too.