Know your interest, abilities and goals and then match them with career possibilities
computers related fields, architecture, or work as a CA, in banking or actuarial science in which you have to deal with numbers. Economics also requires a fair amount of maths and mathematical thinking. Other than these options, you do not necessarily require a high level of maths in school for a host of interesting careers. So it is best that in the next two years you think about the kind of career direction you wish to take and then decide which subjects you should take, and whether maths is essential or not. Are you good with communications, get on well with other people? You can consider careers like hotel management, advertising, law, marketing, or psychology? Are you a problem solver, and a good organizer? What about banking or event management ? If you are creative there are many fields in design and mass communication. There are hundreds of different careers suitable for people of varied abilities, interests and personalities and you need to start thinking about yourself and what you can do well before deciding on your subject stream. While every state and central university offers B Sc in Agriculture, the best are those accredited with the Indian Council for Agricutural Research (ICAR). You can check the ICAR website www.icar.org.in for the complete list of Agriculture Universities and their constituent/ affiliated agriculture colleges that offer 4 year ICAR recognised BSc Agriculture courses in India. Admission to the BSc Agriculture course in any of these universities is through the AIEEA-UG (All India Entrance Examination for Admission into Under Graduate Agriculture Courses) conducted by ICAR every year. You would require to have a minimum of 60% marks in your 10+2 examinations, and passed Physics, Chemistry and Agriculture/ Biology/ Home Science/ Mathematics subjects separately, as well as a minimum of 33% in English to sit for the admission test.
There are also private agricultural colleges and government-aided Agricultural Colleges offering BSc Agriculture course for which admission is normally on the basis of marks obtained in Class XII boards. However, if you are looking to get a government job in the agriculture sector, it may be advisable to try for admission to one of the ICAR accredited universities for the B.Sc course. Agriculture is a vast and diversified industry and encompasses not only all areas of farming, and of all kinds of crops, but also includes horticulture, floriculture and sericulture, the manufacture of agri-products, such as all food products, cash crops and natural fibres, as well as the new fields of agri-business. There are jobs you can take up after BSc in agriculture. In government, specialists in this field can be employed by the central and state departments of agriculture. Recruitment to these posts is through the State Public Service Commission, and the educational requirements are a degree in agriculture or allied fields. Organizations like banks, food chains, insurance firms, others employ professionals from agriculture field.