- Pre University Course
Pre University Course, popularly known as PUC is an intermediate course of duration two years conducted by state education boards in
India .A person desiring admission to any Indian university must pass this course. The course can be considered a bridge course to prepare students for university education. The admission to this course is based on marks obtained inSSLC or standard 10. Indian education system follows 10+2+3( 4 or 5) pattern, ie; number of years required for one to obtain a Bachelor's Degree. This pre-university course ( PUC ) is also known as PDC ( Pre Degree Course ), + 2 or Intermediate course. The state ofKarnataka conducts PUC board examinations in PUC II for university admissions.Students desiring to study professional courses in
Karnataka must pass this exam in science stream and also qualify inCommon Entrance Test conducted by CET cell of government of Karnataka. This is required to get admission ( merit seats ) in colleges offering professional courses like medicine,engineering,dentistry,nursing and pharmacy .Recently rhe Karnatka PUC Board decided to make the First year PUC exams public in an attempt to filter out bad students and improve overall score.
The colleges offering pre university course are known as PU College or Junior college in India.
Courses after PUC
Students from Science stream
*Nursing
*DPharma orBPharma Pharmacy
*Agricultural Science
*Bsc ( Pure science )
*Engineering
*MedicineStudents from Commerce stream
*Bcom
*B.B.M After graduation in commerce
**MBA
**Chartered Accountancy ( C.A )
**Cost Accountancy (ICWAI )
**Company secretary ( CS )Students from Arts stream
*B.A
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*TCH or Diploma in Education ( DEd )
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**Bachelor in Law ( LLB )
**Bachelor of Education ( B.Ed )Links to Internet sites
* [http://www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in Karnataka education]
* [http://www.cet.kar.nic.in. CET Karnataka]
* [http://www.dsert.kar.nic.in. Education research]
* [http://www.puc.kar.nic.in. Karnataka Pre University Board ]
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