{"id":7546,"date":"2020-08-12T17:12:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2020-08-28T13:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:37:52","slug":"4-milestones-your-child-should-complete-before-grade-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/4-milestones-your-child-should-complete-before-grade-11\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Milestones Your Child Should Complete Before Grade 11 [2nd is Most Crucial]"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2020, a total of <\/span>11.9 lakh<\/span> students appeared for CBSE Class 12 examination. A 14% increase in the last 5 years! This means that the competition is increasing and is going to keep increasing year on year. <\/span><\/span>\"Inflation<\/a>While marks keep soaring, the acceptance rates of top colleges still remain the same. To choose the right candidates from lakhs of candidates, top colleges are introducing novel admission processes and criteria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this scenario, you must be wondering, \u2018What can my child do to succeed?\u2019 Well, the answer is they should be as prepared as they can be. Naturally, the next question that would come to your mind would be, \u2018Prepared in what?\u2019<\/span>
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After a decade of helping students build successful futures, we have come up with a list of milestones that they must complete before entering Grade 11. Completing these 4 milestones will increase your child\u2019s chance of success significantly.\u00a0<\/span>
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Read on to understand what the four milestones are.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Discover Who Your Child Is & What Their Interests Are<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Before you and your child take any major career decisions, it is essential that you discover who your child is. <\/span>\"Questions<\/a>These are some of the questions you should have answers for. If not, your child will just end up following the crowd due to peer pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Understanding where your child\u2019s interests lie helps you in two ways. One is to help them pursue their interest as a career. The doubt of what to do after the 10th will be answered when your child discovers who he\/she is. The second is that you can make them aware of the roadblocks they are going to face on the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes, children might not be open to talk about their interests to their parents. In such a situation, a career counsellor comes to your rescue.<\/span>\"Indian<\/a><\/p>\n

A career counsellor is qualified and equipped to guide your child, expose them to various career options, give them the right advice, and help them discover who they are.\u00a0<\/span>
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Read our blog<\/span> on <\/span>The Importance of Career Guidance at the Right Age<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> to understand the difference a career counsellor can make in your child\u2019s life.<\/span>
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If you want to take the assistance of science to understand your child\u2019s interests, then Psychometric Assessments are the solution for you. Psychometric Assessments<\/a><\/strong><\/span> are scientific tests that measure a person\u2019s aptitude, cognitive abilities, and personality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These tests will help you discover who your child is with absolute accuracy. Your child’s doubt of ‘what to do after 10th’ will be answered correctly by psychometric assessments. When you are choosing a psychometric test for your child, make sure you check the credibility of it. We at Univariety, have conducted 50,000+ <\/span>psychometric tests<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> in the last ten years.<\/span><\/span>
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Discovering who your child is, is the foundation for his\/her future. Make sure your child completes this milestone by the end of Grade 8 or 9 to stay ahead of his\/her competition and to be on the right course.\u00a0<\/span>
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You do not want your child who could be a gifted biologist or a lawyer to follow the herd and pursue a popular career they wouldn\u2019t enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/b>Career Goal Setting<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Once you discover who your child is, the next step is to finalise their career goals. By career goals, we mean deciding on the career path, college, and country to study in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is setting a goal so important?<\/b><\/span>\"Students<\/a><\/p>\n

While one reason for goal setting is to make sure your child is successful, another main reason to align efforts to the end results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s time, every career has a different requirement, every college has different criteria and every country has a slightly different admission process<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. For your child to make it to their dream university and pursue their passion, it is important for them to make a choice and finalise goals. <\/span>Here\u2019s a snapshot of what top colleges look for in a student:<\/span><\/span>
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One should first crystallise goals of which career they want to pursue and in which college & country (3Cs). Imagine your child putting their sweat, blood and tears into an activity, only to realise that the 3Cs they chose, later on, do not value all the activity at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

So ideally, your child should set career goals as early as possible, so that they can start working in the right direction. Setting career goals for your child can be a herculean task, as one has to consider so many different variables and find the right balance between your child\u2019s career satisfaction and career success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is advisable to get <\/span>expert help<\/span><\/span><\/a> in this matter so that you and your child can make the right choice and set solid goals. Your child’s concern of ‘what to do after 10th’ will be solved when he\/she gets expert help and sets concrete career goals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. <\/b>Complete An Internship (Offline or Online)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Internships are an essential part of learning for a student. Recognising that, even the new National Education Policy (NEP<\/span><\/a><\/strong>) has included it. The NEP 2020 proposed that students at all higher educational institutes will be provided with opportunities for internships with local industry, businesses, and arts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The policy also includes research internships at the educational institutions to further improve their employability. This should give you a fair idea of how important internships are for a student to demonstrate interest in the subject of their passion and to gain knowledge above and beyond the curriculum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many top colleges like Harvard, Princeton, MIT, among others look for demonstrated interest in a student and the best way to demonstrate is by doing an internship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are five reasons why your child should do an internship:<\/span><\/p>\n