Majority of Students Struggle with Career Clarity: Shiksha Poll Reveals Growing Need for Guidance

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Updated on Nov 6, 2025 16:37 IST

Shiksha has recently conducted a poll to know how confident the class 10 and 12 students feel while choosing their career path. This reveals that the candidates are required guidance and support for the selection of career options. Read on to understand what the Shiksha Poll result reveals.

Deciding upon a career option is one of the most vital and challenging choices. While choosing a career option, students must act with due precaution, as it shapes their future. In India, many class 10 and 12 students feel perplexed or utterly lost at the time of choosing a career option. A recent poll conducted by Shiksha.com reveals that most of the students struggle while choosing a career option. They should know about the poll results conducted by us to become more aware of how they can get career support and guidance.

Q: Can you give some tips to score above 90% in class 12th?

Hi Abhishek, The Secret of scoring above 90 % (or even 95%) is - to study NCERT's fully and solve past year question papers. NCERT's play an important role, as if you have read the NCERT properly, then most of the questions in the papers would be known to you. Just read the NCERT's again and again instead of going into guide books. Secondly, solve previous years question papers seriously as in CBSE questions do repeat. Lastly, Study efficiently, cover all the topics and just believe in yourself. This above mentioned technique was adopted by me also, and I have myself scored 95.2 % in CBSE 2017. Hope it helps you.

Q: How much time is required to cover the MPBSE 12th syllabus?

Usually, MP Board give students a whole year to cover the MPBSE class 12 syllabus. However, ideally, all the students must be done with the preparation of MPBSE class 12 syllabus at least a month before the exam. If they do that, they will have plenty of time to revise the syllabus and practice the sample papers. If a students prepare the study plan including daily study time of at least 4 to 6 hours, they can complete the syllabus on time. Students can download the update MPBSE class 12 syllabus on this page.

Q: What score can be considered a good score in CBSE 12th?

There is no concept of good or bad marks in class 12 CBSE board. You must focus on your studies and work hard towards schieveing good score in the board exams. The concept of good/bad marks can be benchmarked by you depending on the stream/career you have chosen for yourself. If you wish to enter IIT and become an engineer, you must aim for 90+ percentage, so on and so forth.

Thus, set an aim for yourself and build a way to reach the goal and THAT shall be good enough for you.

All the best!

Only 43 percent of students feel confident about their career choice.

The survey reported that less than half of the students, 43 per cent, feel very confident about their career planning. These candidates were very sure about their understanding of the future plan. Early planning, exposure, and support will surely help students falling under this category. Nevertheless, still a majority of the students are struggling while selecting a career option.

More than half still feel confused or lost.

An astonishing 57 percent of students have admitted that they are confused while opting for a career option. 17 percent of students said they are somewhat confident, having some idea, but they are still exploring the options. On the other hand, another 17 percent of them think they are not sure about their career choice and require guidance to opt right career path. Also, 22 percent of students have no certainty about their career options.

How can we help students make better career choices?

It is very essential to help students become confident in making career choices. Candidates can also go for career counseling sessions, mentorship programs, and even online counseling sessions. It will help them understand their strengths and areas of interest. Parents and teachers should also help their children in making their career choices.

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Majority of Students Struggle with Career Clarity: Shiksha Poll Reveals Growing Need for Guidance

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