You couldn't be any more right haha! I mean, yeah, finding out what's best for the kid and whether that leans towards his interest is absolutely vital.Instead of advising the kid, it is important to know what he or she wants. Forcing engineering on any kid is a sin now and among the newest trends, Digital Marketing has quite a lot of scope. However, again, it is important to know the fields that these kids want to pursue or what they are good at.
If the student is not keen on pursuing engineering then she/he is already thinking outside of the societal norms which is very good.Any suggestions on career counseling online or offline (Bangalore) for a student in Class 12 studying science (PCM+Comp Sc)
The student is not keen to pursue engineering and keen to understand what options they have
I 100% agree with what you said. Unfortunately or fortunately, most schools here kinda pressurise students to take science just because they’ve scored very high marks. There should, in fact, be two counselling sessions - 1 after 10th (before Boards) and 1 during 12th (maybe after Boards, if possible) Some schools (like the one I studied in) has counselling but it’s useless. If you’re a science student, they are being treated much better than commerce and humanities. And they shove down so many engineering courses down your throat. They don’t take like a proper specialised test or something, like some schools out West. This just goes to show how education in India (and proper education, not just finishing syllabus and vomitting the portion at the end) has so much potential to improve.What you suggested might be a good advice for some although I do think children after a point should be given counseling by specialized people. I have known people who are right now doing something else but realized that they always wanted to do something different, or wanted to make something different out of their careers in a completely different field. In my opinion, few people would be left with such regret if they were/are guided at the right time by the right people. After having talked about things, will the children be able to make a much more informed decision about which field they want to go into and what they want to make out of themselves in their future. I have always thought that schools in the country should have some sort of career counseling be made compulsory for the children before they need to decide which stream of studies they want to further get into