CBSE GRADING SYSTEM

CBSE Grading System: Aptitude decides your future, not CBSE

May 2011 is that time of the year when you must be having panic attacks over your CBSE 10 results. What will you score? Will you get a distinction in Maths? Will you top in science? These questions must be giving you sleepless nights.

Your CBSE x result play an important role in your career, but don't let that be the only criterion to decide your career. Which stream you chose will shape your future, and not cbse 10th results. In many instances, a child wants to do science in 10 plus 2, but is unable to score well in Science and Maths in Xth. So he is dissuaded to take science, and instead asked to opt for commerce or humanities. So his desire to become an engineer or a doctor gets killed just because he is unable to score well in class Xth.
Unfortunately, it is not only the teachers but also parents who give so much hype to CBSE xth results to determine which stream to take after class X. The class CBSE 10 results become the deciding factor for student's future, and not his aptitude or interests.

Adding to students' stress is what if his friends or parents disapprove his choice of subjects. The perception is that Science and Commerce have good prospects, whereas Humanities does not. This is a popular misconception among students. It is important to understand that there are plethora of career options for Humanities and Commerce students, as it is for Science students. The popular career choices for Humanities students are mass communication, psychologists, teachers, researchers, lawyer, counselor, TV producer, script writer, sales manager, HR manager, district attorney, civil services, etc.
Career options for Commerce students are banking, accountancy, insurance, stocks exchange, teaching, research, chartered accountancy and company secretary. While popular career choices for Science remains engineering, medical, architecture, defence forces, microbiologists, biotechnology, research, environmental science, agro-chemical and pest control, geology, anthropology and computer science.