What after 10th - Career options after 10th class - Medical, Non-Medical, Commerce, Arts or ITI

Deciding ‘what you are going to do after Class 10’ often turns out to be one of the most important decisions of your life. For the first time, you stand at a crossroad where the decision you make will have major implications on the rest of your life. If you are not clear about the career you want to build or do not have the necessary guidance, deciding what to do after Class 10 will surely be a daunting task.

What after Class 10? Which stream to opt for? Should you consider professional courses or stick to more traditional options?’
These are a few questions that haunt students who have appeared for the 10th class final Exams and are waiting for the results. The answer to this question decides your future as far as further studies and professional life after that is concerned.
Therefore, it is natural for Class 10 appeared students to be concerned about it.


Career options that are available to a 10th class pass out are:

• Science stream with Non-Medical
• Science stream with Medical
• Commerce stream and
• Arts or Humanities stream with various subject combinations.
• Polytechnic Diploma Courses
• ITI Certificate Courses

Science stream with Non-Medical (PCM)

Once you complete your 10th class, you have to make a choice of subjects for your higher studies. For those students who are interested in engineering or non-medical line can opt for science subjects with PCM (physics, chemistry and mathematics) as their major subjects and 2 other subjects of their choice.

Science stream with Medical can be a better option for you.
The medical stream provides an excellent opportunity for those who are really interested in life-sciences, have a great inner quality of helping others living being to get rid of their suffering. Science stream with major subjects as PCB gives an opportunity for those interested in the medical field. This field requires a lot of sincerity and hard work.

The biggest advantage of opting for science stream for Class 10 students whether it is medical or non-medical is that it allows them to shift streams i.e they can opt for Arts or to some extent Commerce too later on in their academic career.

Commerce stream after completing your 10th class

Commerce is the second most popular stream among the Class 10 students as a career choice. If numbers, finances and economics are your forte, you must opt for Commerce Stream. As a Commerce student, you will have Business Economics, Accountancy, Business Study and Business Law as your core subjects. In addition to this, you will also get foundational training in accounting, auditing, income tax, marketing and general business economics as part of the commerce stream. Just as the Science stream, students from Commerce also have a compulsory language subject.

If anyone has the interest to pursue a career in mass media, journalism, literature, sociology, social service, human psychology, politics, economics, and history then you must choose Arts stream after passing the 10th examination.

This stream offers subject History, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, English, Hindi and Sanskrit for the higher secondary level. But one has to opt for four compulsory subjects in addition to English and a Modern Indian Language.


Polytechnic Diploma is kind of technical course which provides skill development and practical training. Duration of this diploma Is 3 years in which you have to attend regular classes. Some of the branches that you can opt for are:

• Diploma in Architect
• Diploma in Civil, Electrical Engineering, Machinal, Electronics or Computer Science Engineering
• Diploma in Instrumentation & Control
• Diploma in Information Technology
• Diploma in Dairy Engineering and
• Diploma in Textile Technology

ITIs and ITCs provide professional training in various job-oriented courses and make candidates suitable to perform a particular job like cutting hair, operating machine, stitching, and embroidery etc.

ITI courses are designed to impart basic skills needed for a specified trade like electrician, machinist, fitter, plumber, turner, welder etc. and depending upon trade, the duration, of course, may vary from one year to two years.

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