In order to give information about higher education courses and related career options to students of Class Xth of the Government schools of the State, the School Education Department conducted an aptitude test of 3.10 lakh students on February 15. The aptitude test was conducted in 8,152 Government schools. Nearly 72 thousand 747 mobile sets were used in the test. Students answered 140 questions one by one on the MP Career Mitra.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had issued instructions to the School Education Department to conduct aptitude tests and career counseling for one lakh students every year for the choice of subject as per their interest.

The future roadmap of students on the basis of their choice based on the aptitude test will be exhibited on MP Career Mitra Portal. Students will be able to see a detailed report of their interest on the MP Career Mitra Portal through their Samagra ID.

The portal will help the students in selection of subjects. They will also get information about the various courses being run by various educational institutions according to their interests on the portal. The entire programme will be run in three phases.

The result of the aptitude test will be announces on April 2. Arrangement of counseling of each student and their parents will be made in all government schools in the month of June this year. For this a MoU has been signed with Shyamchi AAI Foundation, Pune. The Foundation will carry out the work using the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund free of cost.