113 career options to pursue after class XII

NEW DELHI: With an aim to help students in exploring new courses to pursue after class XII, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released a list of STEM as well as non-STEM courses under the umbrella of the 'student-friendly' initiatives. The crucial information about the new age courses such as Aeronautical Engineering, Metallurgy, Meteorology, Robotics, Cyber Security, Forestry , Curation, Museology, Actuarial Sciences, Liberal Studies etc. has also been published at the official portal of CBSE, cbse.nic.in.

"The CBSE has prepared a compendium of suggestive courses for students to help them get information about various course choices, institutes and combinations available in higher education," said Anita Karwal, chairperson, CBSE, in an official statement.


The list consists of 113 career options after class XII that includes, AI and Machine Learning, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Floriculture /Horticulture, Fisheries, Speech Language and Hearing, Costs and Works Accounts, Instrumentation Engineering, Food Technology, Oceanography, Siddha, Unani, Monuments And Sculpture Restoration, Special Educator etc."The purpose of this compendium is to generate enough curiosity in the students to explore the scope, possibilities, avenues, for each of these courses and to look for other options beyond these courses as well," said Karwal. The compendium contains information about 900 universities and over 41,000 colleges in India along with their eligibility criteria and the list of various courses.