Key findings:
Availability of seats for higher education in Science is considered insufficient by almost half the parents.
This makes them take measures like tuitions, to ensure that their children do not miss out on the scarce opportunities.
46 per cent of the parents felt opportunities for higher education in Science to be better abroad in comparison to India; this is what most parents who wanted their children to pursue courses in pure science (50 per cent) and medicine (62 per cent), felt.
In general, avenues and opportunities for research is felt to be low, as per nearly half the parents.
Engineering, followed by Medicine, are the two most sought-after career streams, with engineering taking the lead (60 per cent); within engineering, computers and IT-related opportunities are more popular as told by one-third of the parents.
Research is considered to be an emerging area but, one-fourth of the parents don’t consider it to be a lucrative option.
lack of information and proper career counselling are the predominant difficulties faced in choosing a profession.