Pls suggest if board changing is a good option

Hello,

You need to sit with your child and identify the root cause of the problem. Why his performance started to decline? Is there something wrong with school? Or something in class that is disturbing? Also, you haven't specified anything about his performance in classes 9 and 10. Has the performance gradually been declining and you were ignoring the signs? Discuss with him why he's not studying and let him decide on which stream he wants to opt for? Even commerce and arts stream are not that easy. Let him take his own decision and you can guide him all along as it's only him who has to put in all the effort.

Hi Rakesh,
I also studied upto 10th in ICSE Syllabus. As i found that u have changed your son to Cbse syllabus and he had scored good marks .But failed in 11th. So i advise you not to take him to ISC syllabus. As it is more burden than CBSE. I suggest you to take your son to state syllabus and there he could score good marks and by studying in there help him in future.

Dear Rakesh, this might not be the answer that you are looking for. But I am a Psychologist and I deal mentor children. So thought will give my 2 cents of wisdom here. You haven't mentioned why your son had to switch boards when he was doing good. And when you shift boards, you dont change the academic curriculum but also the child's developmental overbeing. He has to let go off the comfort zone and try getting used to the new environment. And may be he couldn't and he failed. This cannot be attributed to his lack of interest in education or lack of subject knowledge. He couldn't adopt. Before you make any swift decisions and changes to his educational pattern, please have a conversation with him and find out what his aspirations are. Often, children can surprise us with their indepth knowledge and aims. May be accordingly you can make plans.

On the other hand, talking about your question, commerce is not a bad stream at all. CBSE has released a list of 113 courses that students can pursue after each stream. You can check that list at their official website. CA, CS, B.Com.LLB, BBM, BMS are few options that your son can pursue after his 12th. If he is good at Maths, he can join Acturial Sciences. And if he thinks this is too much of a burden for him, then there are other options like learning Foreign Languages. This is fun and also a promising career. One can join as a Translator even in Legislative Assembly eventually with enough exposure and guidance. There is no dearth of opportunities.

Opting commerce will be worth if your son has interest in the field. Talking about syllabus of ICSE, it require more detailed study and require student to remember a lot. So CBSE is comparatively easier than ICSE. Studying commerce require less time to excel subjects as compare to science subjects. So in my opinion opting commerce from CBSE will be more beneficial rather than switching to ISC.