The document provides information about various career options after Class 12 including commerce, humanities, and professional courses. It discusses degrees like BCom, BA, BSc, BBA, and vocational courses of 1-2 years duration. Civil services exams and eligibility criteria for different government jobs are also summarized. Details about courses and exams for careers in management, accountancy, law, engineering, teaching, IT, hotel management, and others are provided.

3. 3 Combinations under Commerce group
Sl. No Subjects
1 Business Studies, Accountancy, Economics, Maths
2 Business Studies, Accountancy, Economics, Statistics
3 Business Studies, Accountancy, Economics, Politics

4. HUMANITIES GROUP
26 subject Combinations
under Humanities Group

5. COURSES AFTER PLUSTWO
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
DEGREE COURSES(3 YEARS)
TEACHING
POLY TECHNIC COURSES(3 YEARS)
ITI COURSES( 6 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS)

7. PROFESSIONAL COURSES
CIVIL
SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
STUDIES
LAW
CORPORATE
AND
FINANCIAL

10. ELIGIBILITY
•A degree from a recognized
University
• All exams can be written in
Malayalam except the subject English
•2018- 300 students passed from
2,50,000 applicants

11. Civil Service Exam
Eligibility : Any Degree
IAS (Indian Administrative Service)
IPS (Indian Police Service)
IFS (Indian Foreign Service)
26 services
I Preliminary exam
II Main Exam
III Interview

12. Civil Service:Preliminary
CSAT Exam
•Held in August every year
•2 papers
•I Paper :GK : 150 Marks
•II Paper : General Studies 150 marks
Each paper will be objective type
questions

13. Main Exam
• Paper I : Indian Language (300mk, 3hrs)
• Paper II: English (300mk, 3hrs)
• Paper III: Essay (200 mk, 3hrs)
• Paper iv &v General Studies(300 each 3hrs each )
• Paper vi&vii optional subjects I(300 each 3hrs each )
• Paper viii&ix optional subjectsII(300 each 3hrs each )
• Marks : 2000
Personality Test and Interview : 300
marks

14. MANAGEMENT

15. The Business Management Option
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS),
Bachelor of Finance & Investment Analysis,
Bachelors in Business Economics(BBE),
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA),
Bachelor of Business Management(BBM)
Bachelor of Management Studies(BMS)

16. BBA
(Bachelor of Business Administration)
• DURATION : 3 YEARS
• ELIGIBILITY The students have to pass Class
10+2 with at least 50%(Any course)
• Objective written test consisting of General
Awareness and English.
• Students who have an IELTS score of 6 or more
don't have to appear for the English language
test.
• The students also need to face a personal
interview.

17. MBA
(Master of Business Administration)
• DURATION : 2 YEARS
ELIGIBILITY
• Bachelor's degree from the University
with 50%
• Pass Admission Test conducted by different
institutions

18. IIM(Indian Institute of
Management)

21. IIM
• 20 IIM’s all over India
• CAT –Entrance Exam
• Seats - 5,000 PGP+ 5000 others
• Total Applied 231,000(2018) ie 2.16%
• Eligibility for PGP –Bachelor’s Degree with
50%
• Average fees –around 20 lakhs
• PGP – 2 years –equvalent to MBA
• Others- 1 year PG programmes
• IIM Indore -1 year Integrated Programme

22. IIM’s
• Banglore Shillong
• Visakapatanam Trichy
• Sirmaur Kozhikode
• Jammu Indore
• Amritsar Lucknow
• Nagpur Calcutta
• Bodh Gaya Ahmedabad
• Kashipur Sambalpur
• Udaipur Rohtak
• Ranchi Raipur

23. www.careerguruonline.com
CAT
• Common Admission Test For 20 IIMs
60 questions distributed equally into two
sections
Each sections have the time limit of 70 minutes
each

24. www.careerguruonline.com
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
Common Admission Test-cat (Iim)
Management Aptitude Test-mat
Symbiosis National Aptitude Test-snap
Joint Management Entrance Test-j Met
Karnataka Mangement Aptitude Test-kmat
Tamil Nadu Common Admission Test-tancet

25. MBA
Premier Institutions
IIM
Xavier Institute of Communications- Mumbai
Synbiosis Institute of Business Management- Pune
Nursee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies-
Mumbai
Xaviers Labour Relations Institute- Jamshedpur, Bihar
Times School of Marketing- Newdelhi

26. www.careerguruonline.com
PREMIER INSTITUTES
All India Institute Of Medical Science- NewDelhi
Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade-new Delhi
Irma- Anand(rural Management)
Cochin University Science And Technology

27. Interested in Mathematics?

28. ABOUT LEGAL
PROFESSION
• After passing LLB Clear All
India Bar Exam(AIBE) to
start practice.

29. DIFFERENT PROGRAMMES IN
LEGAL PROFESSION
LL.B ,M.Phil, LL.D, LL.M,
Diploma course in law,
PhD Programmes,
Cyber law, B.S.L, Doctor of civil laws.

30. ELIGIBILITY AND DURATION
Minimum qualification required for
seeking entry in Law is 10+2 level.
Entrance exams – CLAT(Common Law
Admission Test)
Kerala Law Entrance Examination
Duration: 3 years/5 years

33. CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANCY
STAGES
• FOUNDATION
• INTERMEDIATE
• FINAL
WEBSITE: https://www.icai.org/

34. 1.Through Foundation Course
(i) Enroll for Foundation Course after
appearing in Class 12th Examination
(ii)Complete four months Study Period.
(iii)Register till 30th June/ 31st
December for being eligible to appear
in November/ May Foundation
Course Examination
(iv)Appear in Foundation Examination
after passing plus two

35. 2.Join Intermediate Course after
passing Foundation Examination. (iv)
Undergo Four Weeks Integrated
Course on Information Technology
and Soft skills (ICITSS)
(vi) Join articled training after passing
either of the Group or Both Groups of
Intermediate Course and after
successfully undergoing ICITSS.

36. 3.FINAL
. (viii) Register for Final Course.
(ix) Successfully undergo Four Weeks
Advanced Integrated Course on
Information Technology and Soft skills
(AICITSS)
(x) Appear for final examination on
completion of practical training
(xi)Complete articled training for 3 years
(xii)After passing final exam enroll as a
member of ICAI

37. THROUGH DIRECT ENTRY
• Commerce graduates or post graduates
with 55% or any other graduates or post
graduates with 60% can directly register
for intermediate course.
• Undergo all other steps from intermediate

38. SUBJECTS FOR
FOUNDATION
• Accounting,
• Mercantile Laws,
• General Economics and
• Quantitative Aptitude.

39. Pass Percentage of CA Final
2017
GROUP PERCENTAGE OF
PASS
GROUP I 7.14%
GROUP II 12.32%
BOTH GROUPS 11.57%
More..

40. IMPORTANT NUMBERS
• I.C.A.I Chapters
• Thrissur : 2442328
• Palakkad : 2537076
• Cochin : 2372953
More..

41. ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
COURSE(ATC)
• Eligibility
Qualify Plus Two and Foundation
• Complete 8 months Course
• Complete orientation course of one week
• Complete 100 hours IT Training
• Complete 1 year experience under CA
• Get ATC and designate as “Accounting
Technician”

42. SECRETARYSHIP COURSE
(Company Secretary)
Stages:
1) Foundation Course
2) Executive Programme
3) Professional Programme

43. Company Secretary
CONTACT
I.C.S.I chapters : Cochin : 2392950
I.C.S.I, Civil lines Rd.,West fort,Thrissur
Website:www.icsi.edu
CS Executive Dec 2017
(New Syllabus)
Pass Percentage
Module – 1 11.66%
Module – 2 10.24%
Both Modules 3.83%
More..

44. CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTANT(CMA)
3 Stages
• Foundation – 4 papers
• Intermediate – 8 papers
• Final _8 papers

45. Cost and Management
Accountancy(CMA)
• Awarded by ICAI(Institute of Cost Accountants
of India)
• Exams held 2 times in an year June and
December

46. • Who can Opt for CMA ?
• Any Graduates, B.Com, BBA, MBA's
during their course or after the course
• Charterted Accountants & Cost
Accountants
• Regional Chapters
• Thrissur -CMA Bhavanam 0487 2972304
• Cochin- CMA Bhavanam 0484 2400130

48. Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants(ACCA)
Website :https://www.accaglobal.com

49. Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants(ACCA) is the global professional
accounting body offering the Chartered Certified
Accountant qualification (ACCA or FCCA). In
March 2018, ACCA recorded that it has 208,000
members and 503,000 students in 179 countries.
ACCA's headquarters are in London with
principal administrative office in Glasgov.

51. The discipline that makes use of statistical
and mathematical methods as to determine
the level of risk with respect to insurance and
other financial instruments is known as
Actuarial science.

52. Eligibility
For B.Sc Acturial Science
Plus Two in any stream +ACET entrance
(twice in an year) conducted by Institute of Actuaries of
India(IAI)
ACET-Acturial Common Entrance Test
For M.Sc Actuarial Science
B.Sc Statistics or B.Sc Mathematics

53. Premier Institutes
Institute of Actuaries of India(IAI)
• AMITY school of Insurance & Actuarial Science, Noida,UP
• Aligarh Muslim University,Aligarh,UP
• CMD school of Insurance & Actuarial Science : UP
Kerala
Farook College, Kozhikode(Post Graduate diploma only)

54. PSC Exam
I Written Test (Objective
type)
• General Knowledge
• General English
• General Maths
• Reasoning / Mental
Ability
• Regional Language
II Interview
III Physical Test

55. Degree Level Exam
Excise Inspector
University Assistant
High court Assistant
Secretariate Assistant
Block Development Officer
Panchayath Secretary
Divisional Accountant
Employment Officer
Bank Probationary Officer
Deputy Thahasildar
Deputy Collector

56. SSC: Staff Selection Commission
• Higher secondary level combined Exam
(LD clerks & Stenographers in Central Govt
Offices )
• Combined Graduate level Exam (UDC,
Assistant Gr, Divisional Accountants, Auditor
etc.in Central Secretariate, Railway, Election
Commission, Passport Office, etc… )

57. LLB level Exam
• Sales Tax Officer
• Municipal
secretary
• Labour officer
• Legal Assistant
• Legal Advisor
(Bank)
• Muncif Magistrate

58. Premier Central Universities
• Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh
• Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
• English and Foreign Languages University [formerly
CIEFL]
• Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi
• Delhi University (DU)
• Pondicherry University
• University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
• University of Hyderabad
• Jawaharlal Nehru University

60. Psychology
• According to WHO 4
crore peoples are
suffering from
psychological problems
• B A Psychology

61. DEFENCE

62. NDA & Naval Academy Exam
NDA : National Defence
Academy Khadakwasla, Pune
Naval Academy : Ezhimala
Military
Exam will be conducted every
six months
Army : +2 any subject

63. NDA & Naval Academy Exam
• Written test (objective type)
Paper I Mathematics 120 Q 300
Paper II General Ability (Eng, GK) 600
• Interview (900 Marks)
Group test
Psychological test
Interview
• Air Force : Pilot Aptitude Test

64. TEACHER
PRIMARY
+2, TTC
HIGH SCHOOL
BA/ Bsc, BEd
HIGHER
SECONDARY
MA/MSc/MCom
B Ed, SET
COLLEGE
LECTURER
MA/Msc/ Mcom
UGC NET
D .Ed.

65. CAREER @ IT

66. IT jobs : 3 types
New jobs :web design, E-learning, etc
ITES: clerical jobs
Technical jobs: software engineers,
project managers

67. Competitive Exam
• UPSC
• SSC
• KPSC
• RRB
• IBPS

68. HOTEL MANAGEMENT

69. INSTITUTE : Food Craft Institutes
COURSES:
 Food & beverage service (15m)
 Front office operation
 Hotel Accommodation & Preparation
CONTACT : Thrissur-0487-2384253
Tirur-0494-2631568
Perinthalmanna-0493-3224025
Aluva-0484-2558385

70. INSTITUTE : K .I .T. T .S Trivandrum
COURSES: Certificate course in House
keeping & Front office Mgt. (1y)
Certificate course in food &
beverage service. (1y)
Certificate course in customer relations &
service mgt.
Certificate course in event mgt. (6m)
CONTACT : 0471-2329539 2329468/2339178

71. Food Technology
• Food processing
• Preservation Science
• Packaging Technology
• Quality Control
• Waste Management
• CFTRI: Central Food
Technological
Research Institute:
Mysore
• www.cftri.com

72. CFTRI - MYSORE
……….

74. COURSE : B.AAdvertising (3y)
INSTITUTE : Kerala Varma College,
Thrissur
SCOPE : Copy writer, Visualiser
Creative designer
Media planner etc.

76. AREA : Social Work
COURSE : Bachelor of Social Work
INSTITUTE :L.F.Institute, Kaithapoyl
Kzd-2232085.
 Rajagiri College,
Kalamassery-2555564
SCOPE : M.S.W, Social Worker

77. FASHION TECHNOLOGY
• NIFT courses
• B Des : Bachelor of Design
• B FTech : Bachelor of
Fashion Technology
• M Des:
• M FTech:

79. AREA : Fashion Technology
COURSE : B.Sc costume & fashion
Designing.
INSTITUTE : Center for costume &
fashion Designing.
(Calicut University)
P.T Usha road,Kozhikode.
(Admission only for girls)

80. AREA : Fashion Technology
COURSE : B.F.T
INSTITUTE : Nirmala College,
{off-campus,M.G University}
Chalakudy,0480-2709093
SCOPE : Fashion designing

82. AREA : Travel &Tourism
COURSE : B.A Travel Tourism
INSTITUTES : Pazhassiraja College,
Pulpally,Wayanad-240366.
 Govinda Pai Govt. College,
Manjeswaram, Kasaragode.
SCOPE : Tour Operations

83. AREA : Travel &Tourism
COURSE : B.T.A.S
INSTITUTES : St.Thomas College,
Ranni-262238
S.N College Kumarakam
Holy Cross college, Idukky
SCOPE : Tour Marketing

84. AREA : Airline
COURSES : IATA/FIATA (Geneva)
INSTITUTES:
 School of airlines & travel mgt. Cochin,
0484-365765/370012
 Speedwings,Cochin,0484-2380412
 Swastik school, 0471-2331270
SCOPE : Travel Agencies , Airport Cargo Handling

85. AREA : Airlines
COURSES : Air Hostess/Cabin crew
Flight Stewards
INSTITUTE :
Frankfinn institute of airhostess training.
www.FrankfinnFlyHigh.com
SCOPE : Air Hostess/Cabin crew/Flight Stewards

86. AREA : Travel &Tourism
COURSE : B.B.A Travel Tourism
INSTITUTE : Sharaf Arts & Science
College, Padanne,
Kasaragode-2277957
SCOPE :Hospitality Management

88. INSTITUTE : C-D i t (Trivandrum)
COURSES:
DIPLOMA IN DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION
(6 Months Regular,Rs.33,000/-)
 DIPLOMA IN WEBDESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
(3 Months Part Time (Evening/ Weekend) Rs.22,000/-)
DIPLOMA IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION
(3Months Part Time (Evening/ Weekend,Rs. 22 000-)
CERTIFICATE COURSE IN-
DIGITAL STILL PHOTOGRAPHY (5 weeks,Rs.8000/- )
CERTIFICATE COURSE IN NONLINEAR EDITING
(3 Months Part Time, Rs.22,000/-)
CONTACT : Ph: 0471 3293930

89. AREA :Animation
COURSES :Diploma & Certificate Courses
in 2D & 3DAnimation
INSTITUTES :
 Toonz Animations,Technopark,TVM-23042500.
 Arena Animations (www.arena-multimedia.com)
 Image, Thrissur-2383117, 238724
SCOPE : Animator , Web master, Script writer

90. I.G.N.O.U
COURSES : B.A, B.com, B.C.A
Bachelor of Social Work
Bachelor in Tourism Studies
CONTACT: Sree Krishna College,
Guruvayoor-235027
 Sree Kerala Varma College,Tcr-2380355.
 IGNOU Regional center ,Cochin
Ph. 2340203/2348189.

91. • Design
◦ National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
◦ National Institute of Design – Ahmedabad
• Armed Forces
◦ National Defense Academy – Khadakvasla (Pune)
• Merchant Navy
◦ TS Rajendra (Mumbai ) , MERI ( Mumbai & Kolkatta)
•Aviation
◦ Pilot training, Ground staff, Cabin crew

92. Banking and finance
Taxation and investment banking jobs
Forensic accounting and financial analysis
Mutual funds and insurance sector jobs
Market analyst
Economist

94. AVIATION

95. JOB PROSPECTS
• Air Hostess
• Cabin Crew
• Air traffic Controllers
• Flight Attendants
• Assistant flight purser

96. AIR HOSTESS

97. • ELGIBILITY
• Qualification: - + 2 in any discipline
• Age :- 18 to 25 yrs. (varies for different
airlines).
• Height: - min 152 cm
• Weight: - Proportionate to height
• Hemoglobin level should be normal at least 12
• Vision : - Preferable normal eyesight without
glasses

98. Mode of Selection
• Objective type test,
• Interview,
• Group discussion
• Medical check up

99. Training Institutes
1. Aptima Airhostess Academy, Jl/I64, Rajouri
Garden, New Delhi -110027, Ph-011- 25176407
(Duration 6 months)
2. Frankfinn Management Consultants (FMC) 721,
Suneja Tower II, Dist Centre, Janatpuri, New
Delhi-110058 (Ph-011-25532757)
3. Flyers Inc, 33, Jangpura Road, New Delhi-110014
Ph-011-24313411
4. Pacific Airways, Pocket GH-6/35, PaschimVihar,
New •Delhi 110087 Ph-011-25576463
5. Free Bird Aviational and Management Service,
Trivandrum

100. CABIN CREW

101. CABIN CREW OR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
• ELIGIBILITY
• Graduation in any discipline .
• Fluency in English, Hindi and Foreign
languages
• Age: - 19 to 22
• Height: - 5’4
• Marital Status: - Unmarried
• Selection Process :- Written test, Interview,
Group Discussion

102. INSTITUTES
1.Indian Airlines Central Training Establishment,
Hyderabad.
2. Airhostess Academy, New Delhi.
3. Shilon Institute of Hospitality Management,
New Delhi.
4. Flyers Institute, New Delhi.
5. Free bird Aviation and Management Service,
Trivandrum

103. Assistant flight purser
Works along with airhostess and is concerned with providing meals
and other service to passengers Mode of selection-written test, and
interview -
Eligibility- 10+ 2 pass (preference are given to those who have 3
years experience in catering or in tourism or who can converse in
more than one language)
Age limit- not exceed 26 years.
Navigator
Giving direction and location of aircraft while flying in the air –
Mode of selection written test and oral exam .
Age limit -not less than 20yrs.

104. POLYTECHNIC
• Polytechnic offers courses under two
streams
• 1.Engineering/technology stream
• 2.Management and commercial practice
• 59 colleges under govt.
• 8 colleges under IHRD

105. POLYTECHNIC
• 3 Yrs Engineering
Diploma course
• Eligibility : SSLC
• Diploma holders can
join the second year
Engineering Degree
courses by Lateral
Entry

106. POLYTECHNIC
Content
• All polytechnics diploma courses have
common subjects like English and Elements
of Economics, Mathematics, Physics and
Chemistry
• Other contents depend on the branches

107. BRANCHES
• Computer Engineering
• Electronics
• Printing Technology
• Fashion Designing
• Mechanical Engineering
• Automobile Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

108. JOB PROSPECTS
• Lateral entry for B Tech(Direct entry
into second year)
• Indian Navy
• SSC Exams
• Kerala PSC

109. ITI COURSES
• ITI Courses are meant to create skilled
manpower for those who complete 10th
Standard and Plus Two
• For Jobs in Government Departments and
Corporations NCVT or SCVT affiliation is
mandatory
• In Kerala two types of ITIs are functioning
• 1)Under the Government of Kerala
• 2)Under private managements

110. ITI COURSES
• 9 courses under Non Metric
trades(Engineering)
• 27 courses under Metric
trades(Engineering)
• 19 courses under Metric trades(Non
Engineering)
• 77 Govt. ITI s in Kerala

111. General Openings after ITI
courses
• Indian Railway
• DRDO
• BSNL
MTNL
• NTPC
• SAIL
• Electricity board
• Railway
• Vocational Teacher

112. ARCHEOLOGY

113. BRANCHES
• Indian History, Culture and
Archaeology (IHC)
• Museology and Archaeology
• Archaeology and Heritage
Management

114. Specialisation
• Post-Roman Archaeology of Britain: Arthur and
the Anglo Saxons
• Archaeology of Southeast Asia
• Archaeology in Film and Fiction
• Supervised Research in Archaeology
• Britons and Romans: Archaeology of the
Western Roman Empire

115. INSTITUTES
1. Assumption College, Changanassery
Course : BA Museology and archaeology
2.The Department of Archaeology, University of
Kerala, University Campus, Kariyavattom,
is the only institution that offers the MA
course in archaeology in the State. This is a
two-year fulltime four-semester course having
12 seats.

116. • Archaeological survey of India absorbs
students from their institute(Institute of
Archaeology)
• Job vacancies are available in
Defense,museums,Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting etc.
• Tourist guides heritage
managers,interpreters,trip organisers etc.
JOB PROSPECTS

117. Premier Institutes
• Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi
• Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• Deccan College of Archaeology and ancient
Indian History, Pune
• Allahabad Univerity, Allahabad
• Bangalore University, Bangalore
• The University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai

118. SOUND ENGINEERING

119. SOUND ENGINEERING

120. SOUND ENGINEERING IN KERALA
•Audio Engineering Academy and Recording
Studio,Puthukad
•Noise Headdquarters Ernakulam
•Chetana Media Institute Thrissur
•Raga Studio Ernakulam
•1 YEAR DIPLOMA