How to Choose Stream for Yourself After Class 10th:

How to Choose Stream for Yourself After Class 10th After class 10th its is a big task for students to choose right stream for themselves. Students usually get confused while choosing streams after class 10th. Many of the students do not have accurate knowledge about career options associated with various streams. In india, class 11th is mainly distributed among three streams, i.e., Science, Commerce, and Arts. Below, we have discussed about some basic pros and cons associated with these streams. By the end of the article you will easily able to differenciate and decide which stream is best for your self as per your interest, skills, future goals, career and other characterstics.

Various Types of Streams

After the compelition of class 10th, one major and common question come into students mind, what stream to choose for further studies. India majorly consists of three streams: Science, Commerce, and Arts. Those students who generally have an interest in subjects such as mathematics and science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) in class 10th takes science as a stream in class 11th. The commerce stream includes subjects such as Business Studies, Economics and Accountancy in addition to some other elective subjects. After class 12th, students who choose commerce in class 11th can go with courses such as Chartered Accountancy (CA), Company Secretary (CS) or Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) if they have an interest in. Arts streams include subjects related to the humanities. Some main subjects are History, Political Science, Psychology etc. The arts stream opens a broad career option list for students, like Journalism & Mass Communication or Hotel Management and many others. Many civil service examinations are associated with this stream only.

Pros and Cons of Each Stream

It is a major decision for class 10th students to choose a stream for themselves in class 11th for their further studies. As this decision once taken cannot be changed and also a student's entire education criteria revolves around that stream after class 10th till the time a student continues his/her education. Below, we have discussed about some pros and cons of each stream. In India, Science is the most popular stream among students. One of the main reasons why this stream is so popular is that it opens wide career options to students, such as engineering, medicine, architecture and more. But science is a stream that requires hard work and good marks as these courses are highly competitive. It is also the most difficult stream to study. In particular, maths and physics are considered to be the most difficult subjects. Science stream subjects requires major time and hardwork but the results are so satisfying. Commerce is another popular stream among students after science as it offers wide career options to students in the fields of chartered accountancy, business management or financial analysis. This stream provides students knowledge about finance, economics and accounting principles; this will help them succeed in their future goals. However, this stream does not provide students any sort of hands-on experience like the science stream with lab experiments and the arts stream with creative projects. Arts streams, as per the records, are chosen by the majority of the population in India, but slowly, this rate is decreasing as competition is increasing among students. The  Arts/Humanities stream includes subjects such as history, literature and languages. This stream helps improve critical thinking skills in students. This stream provides major opportunities and creative career options such as journalism or writing. But one con is that this stream rarely provides job security like other streams do.

How to Choose the Right Stream for You

• Identify Your Interests
• Get Career Counselling
• Look at Future Career Opportunities
• Find Your Strengths and Weaknesses

Hence every stream has its own pros and cons. Each one has its own specialities and distict career options associated. Hence, we cannot declare any particular stream as the best. But we would suggest all students to choose sa tream as per their stream. Choosing a stream beyond your interest will not provide happiness throughout your career. Go through all the pros and cons mentioned above and then decide which stream will suit both your future goals and interests.