CBSE to Conduct Voluntary Test to Help Class 11, 12 Students to Choose Right Career

If a student has good verbal communication, she or he can opt for a career in journalism, teaching, advertising or law. For someone who loves working with numbers, banking or engineering would be an appropriate choice of profession.

An aptitude test called ‘Tamanna’ launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for students of classes 11 and 12. After passing board exams the test will help students to shortlist career options.

The aptitude test has been developed by the board in association with the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) launched on Tuesday. It has already been sent to all CBSE-affiliated schools.

The main purpose of the exam is to only assess students strengths, not to make them pass or fail. A set of guidelines on ways to evaluate students on various parameters has already sent by CBSE. The board has clarified that the test is voluntary.

A note sent to all schools by the CBSE read, “Students teachers and parents must keep in mind that the aptitude test provides information related to the strengths of students and there is no mark of the pass or fail. The test should be taken voluntarily by interested students and must not impose any subject etc on the students.

Skill-sets and career options If a student has well “Language Aptitude – ability to use and understand written language, they can pursue a career in writing, stenography, journalism, advertising etc., CBSE manual states. Similarly, someone with good logical and analytical abilities, courses or occupations surrounding mathematics, architecture, law, medicine, forensic science, and others would be suitable.

A student can pursue professions in psychology, speech therapy, linguistics, law, and education if she or he has the ability to understand and reason using concepts expressed in words as well as the ability to understand and apply mechanical concepts to solve problems. Numerical aptitude is relevant for all types of engineering, architectural, meteorology, biosciences, statistics, and banking-related career choices. Spatial aptitude is relevant to the manufacturing industry, drafting, astronomy, chemist, visual arts, multimedia arts, etc.

Perceptual aptitude is relevant for the job of a bank-teller, accountant, and computer programmer, detective as well as in data entry, record keeping etc. Teachers applaud move They will conduct the test to accurately find out students on various parameters to assess their strengths and limitations.

The move will benefit students, academics and teachers who have applauded the idea.

A senior faculty member at a private school in Raipur, Kalpana Chaudhary said, “CBSE has just started this practice but we, and in our school have had the practice of getting students tested for their aptitude or quite some time now. It will actually help students to choose the right career path”.

Similarly, Rakesh Dewaskar, principal at a private school in Bhopal, said, the test should have been introduced for classes 9 and 10 too so that it could help students choose subjects wisely right after high school.

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