The children and young population in India are one of the highest cohorts at this point in time. Children born between 1997 to 2010 now contribute to a little over 36 crores of India’s total population of over 140 Crores.
As the population of this cohort increases in India, the growth in school admissions also growing accordingly. Between 2010 to 2021, there is a 185% increase in the number of students passing from CBSE (from 7 Lakhs to 13 Lakhs). https://www.cbse.gov.in/newsite/statisticalInformation.html
Also, there is a substantial increase in the manner the children are now scoring marks in the 10th board exams. Students scoring 90% or more have increased 8 times between 2010 to 2020 (17,546 to 1,57,934). And students scoring 95% or more has just doubled in two years (2019 to 2020). https://www.cbse.gov.in/cbsenew/statistics.html
At the same time, admissions into the top colleges and universities in India and Abroad are becoming tougher.
For example, getting into the top 100 Engineering colleges in India (which have approx. 45000 seats) in India could be very tough at just 3.6%. The probability to get into IIT or NIT is 1.1% and 1.7% respectively. There is a YouTube video about this which you can check out. https://youtu.be/gqXRj__BFzc.
Getting into the MBBS or BDS college in India is also fairly tough, there are about 83 K MBBS seats and 26 K BDS Seats, and over 16 Lakhs students attempt to get into those colleges. Check out a relevant video about the same on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5QlAoYOo60I
Another example of the Law exam, CLAT, for about 2100 seats, over 62 K students appeared in 2021.
In the National Education Policy, there is mention of the shift from the traditional method to the more holistic approach of assessment soon.
In view of the above developments in terms of the demographics of India and the changes in the proposed National Educational Policy, it is prudent to engage your child in some kind of holistic development program which can be Co-Curricular, extra-curricular, Academic Honors Programs, Career-Focused Courses, and Summer Internship Programs to give the child the various career options before choosing the best fit.
Holistic development will take a few years ranging from 1 to 4 years, so the early one starts, the better for the child in the wake of the forthcoming intense competition in his or her cohort.
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