What is on their minds?

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It’s that time of the year when students are scurrying around for intakes, frantically checking out cut-off lists at colleges and debating between different academic options.

It’s admission time. Students and parents are busy weighing the different options that will guarantee a better future for the child. But this year, the decisions seem to be lopsided — in favour of the non-traditional courses.
“Courses like B.Com, B.A. and B.Sc are slowly losing popularity among the students. BBI (Bachelors in Banking and Insurance), BFM (Bachelors of Financial Markets), BAC (Bachelors in Accounting and Finance) are certainly taking over the older courses due to their specialisation value,” says education counsellor Vijaya Narvekar adding, “BMM (Bachelors in Mass Media) and BMS (Bachelors in Management Studies) which were introduced a few years ago, are also continuing to pull in a large number of students.”
Rati Sardana, who has opted for BAF says, “I wish to do an MBA in finance after my bachelors degree. If my bachelors course gives me a specialisation in the course I want to take up later, it only makes sense for me to take it up.” Sulakshana Dubey who has opted for a course in BAC believes it works very well for her. “I want to pursue Chartered Accountancy along with my bachelors degree. A course in accounting and finance is very appropriate since the two are inter-related,” she says.
St. Andrews College Principal, Maria Fernandez agrees that the decline is obvious. “A lot of colleges have started cutting down their divisions for regular courses to incorporate more seats for new courses. We haven’t done it yet, but the trend is catching up.”