11 Things Beyond School Marksheets That Young People Seeking College Admission Need To Know!

So, here is the time when many school pass outs are looking for admissions in various disciplines, based on their aggregate scoring in the high school examination!

And that is one of the toughest phases of education, seemingly so, for all aspiring students.

But, are the marks alone enough for promising education and a sound career?

Are parents also looking at the placement statistics of the institution where the child is opting for higher education?

Is there anything else that the admission seeking students and their parents need to know, beyond their scores and their preferred courses & subjects?

Well, since ancient times, the great Indian thinkers have always looked at education as the means for enlightenment through intellectual and moral development.  Interestingly,  even the greatest western  thinkers of higher education like  John Henry Newman (1850’s), Franklin Bobbit (1940’s), and Martha Nussbaum (contemporary) have consistently emphasized that university education is primarily aimed at developing individual’s intellect and raise the intellectual tone of society

Peripheral factors like scoring and immediate placements, etc., cannot continue to be its prime motivators for long. The admission seekers and their parents have to look at higher education as training for life and for the last job rather than the first job. 

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