EXPLORE
Students beginning career and higher-education exploration
Build awareness of disciplines, careers, courses and learning environments before students narrow their options.
Grade 10 → 11
Career & Future
Skills Programme
Better Career Decisions Start Before College.
A structured career and higher-education development programme helping students explore careers, understand courses, compare universities, build future-ready skills and plan their next step.
Delhi NCR, India
270+
Students Per School
Across the three-day school experience
540+
Parents Per School
Parent-facing programme engagement
10+
Participating Schools
Delhi NCR
3-Day
School Experience
One day per transition stage
3-Year
School Partnership
A sustained journey for the school
What this is
Not another career fair. A career-decision programme.
The Career & Future Skills Programme is delivered through schools. It helps students in the Grade 10 to Grade 12 transition years understand themselves, explore careers, evaluate courses and universities, and make informed decisions about their next step, with parents and schools involved.
We don’t tell students what to become. We teach them how to decide.
It is not
- A generic career fair
- A university admission fair
- A study-abroad sales event
- A coaching programme
- A one-off counselling session
- An advertising platform
Career decisions shouldn't begin with a college application form.
Students choose subjects in Grade 10, pathways in Grade 11 and courses in Grade 12, often with fragmented information and little time. Parents make high-value decisions with incomplete information. Schools want to help while balancing academic priorities.
Better decisions come from structured exploration at each stage, before the application deadline arrives.
- What careers actually exist?
- Which subjects keep my options open?
- Which course should I choose?
- How do I compare universities?
- Should I study in India or abroad?
- Which entrance exams matter?
- What will this education actually cost?
- What should I start doing now?
Three transition stages. Students join at their stage.
Each stage matches a real decision point. The three-year model is a partnership with the school: students take part in the stage that fits where they are. They do not each attend for three years.
COMPARE
Students evaluating careers, courses and university pathways
Help students explore career pathways, compare courses and understand what different universities and programmes offer.
Grade 11 → 12
DECIDE
Students making their post-Class 12 decisions
Support students as they move from school to higher education, including course selection, university comparison, applications, scholarships and next-step planning.
Class 12 → University
Three days. One day for each stage.
Each day is built for one primary cohort and moves from learning to discovery to reflection: orientation, a core session, discovery windows, expert sessions, action planning and Passport completion. Core programme hours are approximately 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, subject to school timings, the school calendar and operational requirements.
Primary cohort: Grade 10 → 11
Students beginning career and higher-education exploration
What the day may cover
- Interests and strengths
- Career families and emerging careers
- Subject and stream implications
- Future-skills awareness
- Career discovery and expert interaction
- Reflection and first next step
Career & Future Skills Passport
Passport focus: Know Yourself → Explore
Students record what they are drawn to, test it against real career families and note one pathway to investigate further.
InterestsStrengthsCareer familiesPathways
Primary cohort: Grade 11 → 12
Students evaluating careers, courses and university pathways
What the day may cover
- Career pathways and course exploration
- How to evaluate a university
- India and international higher education
- Future skills in practice
- University discovery window
- Higher-education planning
Career & Future Skills Passport
Passport focus: Explore → Compare
Students compare two programmes with the programme’s evaluation framework before and after meeting universities.
CareerCourseUniversityQuestions
Primary cohort: Class 12 → University
Students making their post-Class 12 decisions
What the day may cover
- Course and university evaluation
- Admissions and applications
- Scholarships and financial considerations
- Study-abroad options
- University discovery window
- Parent & decision clinic
- Action planning
Career & Future Skills Passport
Passport focus: Reflect → Next Step
Students and families leave with a written next-step plan: options, trade-offs, deadlines and the questions still to answer.
OptionsTrade-offsDeadlinesNext step
Learn how to evaluate first. Then meet universities.
University Discovery meets students when they are exploring, comparing and deciding their next step. Students first learn the programme's own evaluation framework. Universities share their perspective; they do not set the framework.
Experience zones may include, depending on the school and partner ecosystem:
- University Discovery
- Global Education
- Future Skills
- Career Experience
- Parent & Decision Clinic
- Student Recharge
What students learn to ask about
- Course fit
- Curriculum
- Faculty and learning
- Internships
- Career support
- Cost
- Scholarships
- Location
- Campus
- Student experience
- Global exposure
- Opportunities
- Admissions requirements
Practise it now with the University Scorecard.
Career & Future Skills Passport
Don't just collect brochures. Collect decisions.
Explore. Ask. Compare. Discover. The Passport guides students through short, meaningful interactions. It is not a stamp card: each entry is a question asked, a comparison made or a decision recorded.
Structure: 10 curated passport experiences + additional discovery experiences.
- 01Identify one course you want to explore.
- 02Ask a university about internships.
- 03Ask about scholarships.
- 04Compare two programmes.
- 05Identify one future skill.
- 06Ask a career expert one question.
- 07Discover one international opportunity.
- 08Record one action you will take next.
Future skills, connected to real pathways
AI and digital literacy, problem solving, communication and adaptability, taught alongside career choices rather than as a separate buzzword. Future-skills sessions, and a Future Skills zone where available, give students hands-on exposure.
Parents as decision-support partners
Parents may attend their child's primary day and may be invited to other sessions, depending on school policy. The aim is better conversations at home about courses, costs, scholarships and India versus abroad, without deciding for the student.
For schools: a partnership, not a venue booking.
Build a sustained career and future-readiness journey across three academic years, or start with one year of the three-day experience. The school keeps control of scheduling, cohorts and partner activity on campus.
Structured career development
A defined journey across three transition stages, not a one-off talk.
Decision-making frameworks
Students learn how to evaluate careers, courses and universities, and can reuse the method.
Higher-education and university exposure
Curated University Discovery after students have learned what to ask.
Future-skills awareness
Emerging skills and technologies connected to real pathways.
Parent engagement
Families take part on their child’s primary day, subject to school policy.
Career & Future Skills Passport
A signature experience that turns a busy day into recorded decisions.
Student resources
Worksheets and guides students and families can use after the programme.
Recurring development activities
For three-year partners, an agreed calendar of student-development activities.
Universities: choose the student moment that matters to you.
Not every university needs to engage with every cohort. Tell us which students you want to reach, and we will build an engagement plan around that moment.
Students beginning career and higher-education exploration
Build awareness of disciplines, careers, courses and learning environments before students narrow their options.
Grade 10 → 11
Students evaluating careers, courses and university pathways
Help students explore career pathways, compare courses and understand what different universities and programmes offer.
Grade 11 → 12
Students making their post-Class 12 decisions
Support students as they move from school to higher education, including course selection, university comparison, applications, scholarships and next-step planning.
Class 12 → University
Optional pathway
Post-Board University & Admissions Connect
For universities that only want to meet Class 12 students who have appeared for their boards and are actively evaluating admissions. Eligible post-board Class 12 students available at the participating school, subject to school calendar, student participation and programme scheduling.
Partners own experiences. Not logo slots.
Every partnership is judged in the same order: student value first, then parent, school, and university or partner value.
- 01Student value
- 02Parent value
- 03School value
- 04University & partner value
- Future Skills partnerFuture Skills Lab
- Career partnerCareer Discovery Experience
- Education finance partnerEducation Finance Clinic
- Scholarship partnerScholarship & Opportunity Desk
- Stationery / education brandStudent Toolkit
- Brand partnerPassport Partner
Free tools students and families can use today.
The same frameworks used in the programme, written up as practical guides. No sign-up required.
Career ExplorerTurn interests, strengths and values into a shortlist of careers worth testing.
Career Decision FrameworkWeight what matters, score your options and see where you are unsure.
Course Comparison FrameworkCompare two degree programmes on curriculum, structure, cost and outcomes.
University ScorecardScore universities on the factors that matter to you, not a ranking alone.
Straight answers.
More in the full FAQ.
No. It is a structured career-decision programme delivered through schools. Students first learn how to evaluate careers, courses and universities, then meet universities and experts with better questions.
No. The three-year model is a school partnership. Students join at the stage that fits them: EXPLORE (Grade 10 → 11), COMPARE (Grade 11 → 12) or DECIDE (Class 12 → University).
Day 1 is EXPLORE (Grade 10 → 11), Day 2 is COMPARE (Grade 11 → 12) and Day 3 is DECIDE (Class 12 → University). Some sessions may be open to other senior cohorts where the school agrees.
Yes. Parents may attend their child’s primary day and may be invited to other sessions, depending on school policy.
Yes, through the optional Post-Board University & Admissions Connect. That is a timeline within DECIDE (Class 12 → University), not a fourth programme stage, and it is subject to the school calendar, student participation and programme scheduling.
Not by default. Any data collection must be transparent, consent-based where required, purpose-specific and compliant with applicable law and school policy.
Better career decisions start before college.
Schools, universities, speakers and partners each have a defined role. Tell us which one is yours.
Delhi NCR, India