Pursuing science in your 12th class remains one of the dream options for every student as it offers a vast range of opportunities to the youngsters for their career growth. So, if you are someone, who has either started to study science after their 10th Class or about to complete their 12th class from science, then this article is specially written for you as it is going to give you an idea for countless career opportunities after pursuing science in your 12th class. So, stick to this article till the end to be aware about career after 12th (Science) and share your views on how this article benefited you while making decisions for your career growth?
So, let’s begin.
Pursuing science in your 12th grade comes with a variety of subjects to study like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Computer Science. Based on the scheme and structure of different boards, one needs to choose either Mathematics or Biology as their major subject within the science stream. But, nowadays, some boards also offer the facility to opt for Mathematics and Biology both.
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Career Opportunities after pursuing Science (Maths) in 12th standard
1. Engineering
It is one of the most common and popular options among the youngsters and their parents to pursue for or advise them to pursue after completing 12th grade from Science (Maths). Although, based on the recent trends of unemployment in the engineering industry, this interest to pursue engineering as a career has become quite lesser and they are now preferring other courses as well. Going back to understand the reasons behind such an unemployment rate, there are many many factors contributing to it. One can’t directly and completely blame either the institutions or the students for the same.
Still, one of the major reasons behind such an unemployment rate is the decision of youngsters to pursue it under peer pressure, societal pressure or family pressure without even having a fundamental understanding of this noble domain.
Coming back to the point, engineering is one of the most common and popular options to choose as a career after pursuing 12th in Science (Maths). Although, the decision to choose engineering after your 12th grade should be the result of your sheer passion and interest towards practical application of fundamentals from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics to further create something new or modify the existing engineering systems in order to ease the life of society. The different traditional and most popular branches of Engineering are – Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering.
Although, with the rapid change of technology and advancement of industries, several new domains are also emerging in the field of Engineering like Petroleum Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Data Science, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics & Automation and many more.
So, one could choose any one of the domains based on their specific interests to pursue their graduation in engineering. After completing their graduation in engineering, one gets the degree of B.E or B.Tech. Doing B.E / B.Tech is a 4 year graduation programme and can be pursued through any technical institution or university which is well approved by the government educational bodies such as UGC, AICTE and Ministry of Education for the same.
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Apart from 4-year degree programs, one could also pursue a 3-year diploma in engineering. Once you complete your 12th grade, you could take a direct admission into the second year of such programs through a lateral entry which means one only needs to complete 2 years of diploma programs to complete it and earn their diploma certificates.
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2. Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) is a research based course in some of the fundamental subjects of Science. These are 3 year graduation programs and one could pursue it in any one or combination from the major subjects of science like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science and likewise.
One should choose these programs if they wish to explore more in depth of the fundamentals from these subjects and want to contribute towards further research and development into respective fundamental principles of science. One could pursue these programs through degree colleges and technical institutes or universities which are well approved by the government educational bodies such as UGC, AICTE and Ministry of Education for the same.
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3. Computer Application Programs
These are basic 3 year computer related graduation programs which focus much on the application of different computer related softwares and applications for smooth processing of work in an industrial or business environment. After completing this program, one gets the degree of BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications). One should choose these programs if they are much interested in the application of computer programs and softwares rather than development of those softwares.
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4. Agriculture
This is one of the most popular career options after engineering to pursue among youngsters. The simple reason behind it is the demand of agriculture scientists and researchers in the market to boost the economy of the nation through development in this field as agriculture is the backbone of the economy. The popular program to pursue after 12th in this field is a four year graduation programme known as B.Sc (Agriculture). Those who wish to change the landscape of agriculture through their contribution in terms of research and development in this field, may opt for this program.
These programs are offered by the institutions which are duly approved by the relevant government educational bodies and follow the curriculum of ICAR (Indian Council for Agricultural Research).
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5. Commerce and Management Programs
One major advantage of pursuing 12th in Science is that if, at any point of time, one realizes that they are not getting fit with the typical subjects of science and don’t wish to opt for major career opportunities for science students, as mentioned above, then they can also choose from variety of non-science career opportunities. Once such opportunity is to pursue the graduation in commerce and management domains. In these domains, the most common option is pursue a 3 year bachelor programme in commerce known as B.Com or 3 year programme in business administration known as BBA.
These programs offer career opportunities in the field of Banking, Insurance, financial institutions, HR, Marketing etc.
6. New Age Non-Science Programs
There are plenty of non-science programs in the domains of Arts & Humanities, Law, Psychology, Animation, Visual Effects & Graphics Design and related fields which one can opt for based on their interest after pursuing 12th in Science. Most of these programs are 3 year graduate programs and offered by several degree colleges, institutions or universities well approved and recognized for the same.
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Hope the career opportunities presented here, will give you an idea to choose a course of your interest for your career growth. If you liked this article, then also share it with your community using social media and help others in getting benefitted with it.
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Mr. Raunak Gupta is a lifelong learner, keen Academician, enthusiastic communicator and MiDNA certified Genetic Brain Profiling Consultant. He finds true happiness in helping the individuals to identify their core strengths and realizing true potential for a blessed & cheerful journey of life.
Great practical information really helpful
Reading about the different branches of engineering ignited my passion for creating innovative solutions and eased my concerns about unemployment rates in the industry. Additionally, the mention of new-age domains like data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics excited me and made me consider exploring these fields further. Overall, this article has been immensely helpful in guiding my career decisions and has instilled in me a sense of excitement for the future.