Hi!

I'll begin answering your question by first including some basic information regarding citizenship and eligibility of a candidate to appear in exams like CLAT OR NEET.

Firstly, if you obtain a citizenship of UAE while working in Dubai then you and your family would be considered as Foreign Nationals (India has no provision for multiple citizenships so you and you family will not be official citizens of India).

If you simply work outside of India on a work Visa then you'd be considered as NRI's or Non resident Indians.

This information is relevant if you are planning to get your daughter admitted in an Indian university after her schooling is done. (assuming that she would complete her school abroad)

1) CLAT - All the major NLU's in India reserve seats for 2 extra category of students

(a) Foreign Nationals - who DO NOT have to appear for CLAT and can directly apply for admission through an NLU's website and their high school performance will be considered for admission. (for ex. NALSAR, 2nd ranked NLU, has 24 reserved seats for foreign national students), please keep in mind that the tuition fee for such students is also considerably high (it is a way for NLU's to generate more income)

(b) NRI Sponsored: This is not for NRI students but for those students studying in India who have 1st or 2nd degree family members living abroad as NRI's (only as NRI's not full citizens of the country in question). Such students DO HAVE TO appear for CLAT, naturally since they live and study in India but they get an additional NRI Sponsored category rank apart from their national rank. NRI sponsored students also have to pay higher fees and all major NLU's have some seats reserved for such candidates

[For more information about these reserved seats you'll have to check respective websites of NLU's offering them]

2) NEET - Until 2017, candidates who were foreign nations or NRI's or OCI's (overseas citizen of India) were EXEMPT from appearing for NEET exam to apply for admission in MBBS OR BDS courses in India (they could apply directly based on their school marks). After a Supreme Court Directive however, all such students studying and residing outside of India HAVE TO appear for the NEET exam and clear it with a national rank to be eligible for admission.

This change gives rise to a few problems:

- NRI or Foreign National students find it hard to compete with Indian students because of difference in syllabus, lack of proper coaching classes, difference in exposure during schooling etc.

The admission process itself becomes hectic as the student has to apply and get admission with different set of documents, results and ID proofs because schools abroad have different marking schemes and things like that.

If your daughter rejoins an Indian school (at least for the board years of 11th and 12th) then I do not think why it would be an issue for her to appear in national entrance exams as a general category student. She can very well study abroad for a couple years if you plan on returning to India before her High School.

Still reading? Well,  thank you for your patience so far. Now, talking about pros and cons from a personal point of view:

1) It is extremely hard for a student to go through so many shifts in study patterns. In your case your daughter has to change her study pattern from ICSC board to that of a school in Dubai (actually there are many Indian pattern schools in Dubai which can solve this problem) to that of a National level entrance exams which, arguably, CBSE students find much closer to their comfort zone.

2) If your plan is to ultimately get your daughter to study in an Indian university then it is humbly advisable to let her continue her education in India itself for the sake of uniformity and exposure.

3) Otherwise, if your daughter does get to experience school and studies outside of India then you can probably plan for her to carry on her education overseas throughout. She can very easily avoid the hassle and overactive competition of Indian entrance tests and prepare herself for under graduation outside the country (for ex. she could appear for SAT's to get admitted to universities in the USA after her schooling)

All in all, it all depends on your planning for the future and for your daughter's career for which I wish you and her the best of luck.

It was a long answer (so please ignore any mistakes in there) but I do hope it helped clear your stance a little if not completely.

Good Day!

Smriti, can you help us as to which State CET are you enquiring please? Because eac State has its own CET and own rules. For example, for WBJEE Counselling for the domicile certificate a BDO signature will help. But it might not be the case with other States. So please do help us with the State you are enquiring about and we shall help you with relevant information.

Hey dear, you have scored pretty good in 10th class. Since you asked about arts stream so i wanna say that with that percentage you will get admission in wilson college of arts and also in many other colleges in india. Just keep update of every college and you will find the right one.

Hello student ,

It 's good that you have scored such good marks in your board exam .So here I will suggest you that for NEET entrance exam you should have minimum 50%  aggregate percentage (for general ) in physics ,chemustry and biology from a recognised board and if you have that then you are eligible to give NEET entrance exam .

Hope this will help you ,for more queries feel free to ask !

Good luck !

Hello dear student,

The eligibility criteria for KVPY says students having physics chemistry mathematics and biology in academic year 2020 and 21 are eligible to apply provided they secure minimum 75% aggregate marks in maths and science subjects while for the students with SC ST OBC PWD category should get minimum of 65% marks in science subjects and maths as an aggregate in their class 10th standard board examination.

Thank you

Hi Aspirant,

Yes it is a good question because most of the time we see that the the students of central board gets a higher percentage than the others. The reason is because many times we see that the papers which are generally made by central boards are little bit easy as compared to state boards. In case of state boards it becomes tough. Even the checking done in cbse and icse is not so much tough, but as we compared the checking of state boards it is tough that is why the passing percentage of State board students is low as compared to the cbse and icse.

I hope this answer will clarify the reason of your answer.

What did you do finally?

I am filling my CAT form right now and have the same doubt.

hello aspirant,

the fee structure of class 11 and 12 is around 19,350/- annually. for more detailed information, i would suggest you to call the school office or visit the school premises

regarding concession in fees-

• Students seeking admission who have secured above 90% makes or CGPA- A1 in class X/XI shall be considered for 50% tuition fee waiver, which is around 4050/- annually.

hope that helps

All the best.

Hello Abhip

It is fine if you have scored 58.6% in HSC, as most colleges/universities demand candidates, who have scored a minimum aggregate of 45-50% in HSC from any recognized board or university for BSc. Computer Science and BSc. IT. However, some institutes also conduct their own entrance examinations and personal interviews in order to shortlist the candidates on the basis of their performance in the two. Here is the list of some of the good colleges/universities in Mumbai offering BSc. CS and IT courses:

1. St. Xavier's College
2. Elphinstone College
3. Jai Hind College
4. Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College
5. Kishinchand Chellaram College
6. SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce
7. Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce
8. Mumbai University

I hope this was helpful!