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Education pathways

You are somewhere. Here is what is open from there.

From Class 6 to a professional qualification, a degree taken part-time, or a university in another country. Nothing on this page is ranked, and no route here is a second-best version of another one.

What you have told us

You are here

Class 9

The two-year board course begins. The subjects taken now are the ones examined at the end of Class 10.

Step 3 of 4

Which broad area are you interested in?

Nothing here commits you to a stream, and choosing one does not hide the others — it only moves them further down the page.

You can start these from where you are

Each one says why it is here, what it does not promise, and what only the institution can answer.

  • Finishing school through open schooling

    You can start this from where you are

    A national board that awards the same Secondary and Senior Secondary certificates without requiring attendance at a school, with examinations that can be taken across more than one sitting. Used by students who left school, who are working, who are training seriously in a sport or an art, or for whom a school year did not go the way it was meant to.

    Why this is here

    • Because you told us you are at class 9, and this can be started from there.
    • Because you said you want to do better in what i am studying now.
    How long
    As long as it takes — the body sets no fixed length and students finish at different speeds
    Where it leads
    This leads into a degree, with further study
    Cost
    Government-funded places exist on this route, alongside private ones
    Where you study
    Studied in India

    This route has a documented progression agreement. Meeting its conditions is still assessed by the institution.

    Next step: The Senior Secondary certificate, and then the same degree and qualification routes as any other Class 12 student.

    What has to be true first
    • A minimum age applies at each stage, and the board sets it rather than the student
    Ask before you commit (3)
    • The minimum age and any previous certificate required for the stage you want to enter
    • Which subjects are offered in your language, and where the practical examinations are held
    • How many examination sittings your registration covers, and for how long it stays valid
    Can run at the same time as
    • A degree through an open or distance university
    Where this comes from (1)

    • The National Institute of Open Schooling is established by the Ministry of Education and awards Secondary and Senior Secondary certificates.

      National Institute of Open Schooling — Government or regulator, India

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    Nothing is open at Tutor right now in the subjects that lead into this route. You can ask about one-to-one teaching, which is answered by a person rather than by this page.

  • Get stronger in what you are studying now

    You can start this from where you are

    The route that is always open and is almost never listed as one. Nothing in Classes 6 to 8 commits you to a stream, and the subjects that keep the most doors open later are the ordinary ones you are already taking.

    Why this is here

    • Because you told us you are at class 9, and this can be started from there.
    • Because you said you want to do better in what i am studying now.
    How long
    As long as it takes — the body sets no fixed length and students finish at different speeds
    Where it leads
    This is not a degree and does not become one
    Cost
    Government-funded places exist on this route, alongside private ones
    Where you study
    Studied in India

    This route has a documented progression agreement. Meeting its conditions is still assessed by the institution.

    Next step: Find out which subjects the routes you are curious about actually ask for, and take those seriously in Classes 9 and 10.

    Ask before you commit (2)
    • Which optional subjects your school actually runs, rather than which ones the board lists
    • When your school asks you to choose a stream, which is often a year before the board requires it
    Where this comes from (2)

    • CBSE publishes the subjects offered at each class in its curriculum documents, and the stream a student is usually asked about appears at the senior secondary stage rather than before it.

      Central Board of Secondary Education — Government or regulator, India

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    • The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations publishes the subjects available for ICSE and ISC.

      Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations — Government or regulator, India

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    Nothing is open at Tutor right now in the subjects that lead into this route. You can ask about one-to-one teaching, which is answered by a person rather than by this page.

These open later

Not closed to you — entered at a point you have not reached yet. Each card names that point, which is worth knowing years before it arrives.

  • Class 11 and 12 at a board school

    Opens at class 10

    The route most students take, and it is here for the same reason the others are: so it can be compared rather than assumed. Two years, a subject combination chosen at the start, and a board examination at the end.

    Why this is here

    • Because you told us you are at class 9, and this one is entered at class 10.
    • Because you said you want to do better in what i am studying now.
    How long
    One to two years
    Where it leads
    This leads into a degree, with further study
    Cost
    Government-funded places exist on this route, alongside private ones
    Where you study
    Studied in India

    This route has a documented progression agreement. Meeting its conditions is still assessed by the institution.

    Next step: A degree, a professional qualification, or both at once — Class 12 is the point at which the largest number of routes open.

    What has to be true first
    • A Class 10 board result, and a school place in the combination you want
    Ask before you commit (2)
    • Which subject combinations the school actually runs this year, not which ones it lists
    • Whether a combination you want is available at the school, or only at another one
    Where this comes from (2)

    • The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education publishes the subject combinations available for Classes 11 and 12 in West Bengal.

      West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education — Government or regulator, West Bengal, India

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    • CBSE publishes the subjects offered at the senior secondary stage.

      Central Board of Secondary Education — Government or regulator, India

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    See where this leads — the work this route ends up in, and the other ways into it.

    Nothing is open at Tutor right now in the subjects that lead into this route. You can ask about one-to-one teaching, which is answered by a person rather than by this page.

  • Technology certifications

    Opens at class 11

    Certifications in cloud, networking, security and data, awarded by the companies and bodies whose systems they cover. They are not degrees and do not become degrees, and what a certificate is worth is decided by employers rather than by the body that issued it — which is the honest thing to know before paying for one.

    Why this is here

    • Because you told us you are at class 9, and this one is entered at class 11.
    • Because you said you want to do better in what i am studying now.
    How long
    Under a year
    Where it leads
    This is not a degree and does not become one
    Cost
    The body charges registration and examination fees; tuition is optional and separate
    Where you study
    Studied in India

    We can describe this route. We cannot point at a rule that governs it, so treat it as a question to ask rather than an answer.

    Next step: Pick one certification that an employer you can name actually asks for, rather than a sequence of them.

    What has to be true first
    • Most entry-level certifications set no formal academic requirement; the examination is the gate
    Ask before you commit (3)
    • Whether the employers you are aiming at actually ask for this certificate
    • How long the certification remains valid before it must be renewed
    • Whether the training you are being sold is from the body itself or from somebody reselling it
    Can run at the same time as
    • A degree through an open or distance university
    • A diploma after Class 10, then into the second year of a degree
    Where this comes from (3)

    • Amazon Web Services publishes its certification programme and its examinations.

      AWS Certification — The body that awards the qualification, Worldwide

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    • Microsoft publishes its credentials and the examinations behind them.

      Microsoft Credentials — The body that awards the qualification, Worldwide

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    • CompTIA publishes its certifications and their renewal requirements.

      CompTIA — The body that awards the qualification, Worldwide

      We have not checked this link yet. Nobody has yet compared this claim against the page behind it.

    See where this leads — the work this route ends up in, and the other ways into it.

    Nothing is open at Tutor right now in the subjects that lead into this route. You can ask about one-to-one teaching, which is answered by a person rather than by this page.

If a result did not go the way you wanted

There is a separate page that starts from one examination you did not clear and shows every other route to the same work — computed from the same catalogue, so it is a list of routes rather than a paragraph of reassurance.

Other ways in, after a result

What this page is not showing you

1 route is in our catalogue and not on this page, because we could not find a published rule behind it. Withholding a route we cannot evidence is the same decision as showing one we can.

Nothing on this page is advice, and none of it is a promise that any institution will admit anybody. It is a map of routes that exist, with the body that runs each one linked so you can check it. Where a route depends on an institution, a government or an immigration authority, that decision is theirs and we do not model it.