Mumbai: Students who cleared board exam look at unconventional courses

While the class 12 results for both CBSE and ISC are out, students now decide on how to hone their skills and make themselves eligible for a potential job market. Most students do not want to walk down the road less travelled by; they want to stand out in the crowd.

By declaring class 12 results in a short span of time, both the boards have not only made students feel relieved, but have also gifted them with ample time to make a career choice. While some students plan to take up usual courses like engineering, some others want to do a degree course in a subject that is out of the box.

Ruchit Patel, who has cleared his class 12 CBSE examination (science), from Ramsheth Thakur Public School, Kharghar, said, "My father is a businessman and he never wanted me to be the same. So, I decided to opt for engineering. I have already cleared the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main. I am currently preparing for JEE (advanced)."

Aditi Patil has cleared her CBSE class 12 examination (science), from RN Podar School, Santacruz. She said, "Initially, I was going to choose medicine as I like Biology. But I am good at Math is strong and in one of the career counselling sessions, I was advised to opt for Actuarial Science, which is something related to insurance and investments. This course is very different and there is no such degree awarded in India. However, one can answer a set of 12 to 15 papers in this course while pursuing graduation." The Mumbai University has already declared a few new courses that will be incorporated in the coming academic year. These courses have beena pproved by the Academic Council on Friday.

"The University has taken this important step to educate students in a way so as to meet future industrial needs in the field of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, machine learning, big data, image processing, marine research, and transportation. The University of Mumbai's School of Engineering and Applied Science at Kalyan is starting these new courses for 2019-20, "Professor, Suhas Pednekar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai, said. Parag Ajgaonkar, Principal of NM College, said, "Our college is in the process of getting autonomous status and if it happens, we plan to start different certificate courses for students."

Vision To Exploit Job Markets

• By declaring class 12 results in a short span of time, both the boards have not only made students feel relieved, but have also gifted them with ample time to make a career choice 
• This year, students plan to take up courses that prepare them for a potential job market 
• MU may come up with offbeat courses in cloud computing and AI