PROBLEMS OF ACCESSING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF PUDUCHERRY

This study intends to understand the problems of higher secondary school students in accessing professional education. In the present study, professional education courses refer to the programmes of medicine, engineering and law. Socio-economic status of students play important role in accessing quality education. Based on the resources a student receives in his life, the quality of his life is decided. Moreover, students' interest, motivation and endowed with aspiration also play a vital role in building the educational career. In Puducherry, professional education courses accessed by students is based on the marks secured in twelfth standard. Conducting entrance examinations for selection of students is not a practice in Puducherry. Students from Puducherry can also write entrance examinations for professional courses run by central government. Everybody cannot access whatever course they want after completing their higher secondary education. Especially professional courses like medicine and engineering are high in demand in terms of marks gained in public examinations and subject knowledge.