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Project After 10th Overview

Every student starts aspiring for a bright future the moment he steps into tenth standard. He yearns to most effectively spend his time, to settle down in life and have a golden future. But he faces a dilemma as he does not know which career path to take, which professional field to choose. Almost all the 12 lakh (1.2 million) students who pass out of their tenth standard every year face this predicament. They are clueless about professional areas and courses other than the conventional ones such as Intermediate, polytechnic and it is. They would shine and chalk out a bright career path, if only they get to choose a field that matches their interest. But the real problem is lack of availability of right kind of information. Project After Tenth was launched to address this precise problem.

In 2001, we had for the first time launched a small booklet entitled 'Padava Taragati Taruvata…?' and were astounded at the response the book drew in the market. Thousands of students, their parents and teachers whole-heartedly welcomed the book. What are the avenues open to a student who completes his/her tenth standard, how many kinds of courses are available, how to study for them, where are they available, how much does they cost and are there any scholarships available and many such questions have been answered in the small book.

And then, every year for nine years, we kept updating the information, adding new matter and now present the decennial issue. We haven't left out a single issue, and have systematically included virtually every course that is available to students passing out of tenth standard. We have even included courses available to students who have failed their tenth standard examination. Every bit of information that is officially available has been included in this book.

You may be surprised to know that, during the last nine years, we have received more than a whopping 55 thousand letters and emails from students, parents and teachers. But we are proud to know that this little book has helped many a budding talent to sprout. More than a crore and 20 lakh (10.2 million) students have read this book in the last nine years. Lakhs of students decided on their chosen path of career purely on the basis of this book. The commendation letters we have received from more than 1500 educational institutions across the state, testify this fact. As does the fact that the book won the national Golden Publication Awards in the years 2002, 2005 and 2007.

Four times free supply to Government institutions

We had distributed one or two copies of the book to all Government schools in 2002 and then again in 2005. We brought the book to about 8 lakh students every year with an annual expenditure of Rs 7 lakh. (Rs 0.7 million) Project After Tenth has fulfilled this enormous responsibility thrice, so far. Though we had attempted it in 2009, we had to restrict to only three districts due to financial constraints. We are trying to supply books to the rest of the districts too in 2010.

Cost-to-Cost Sale:

Project After Tenth has always been based on a social objective. The cost of the book has always been kept low, affordable to the common student. It is indeed an ambitious, adventurous attempt to try to sell 450 meticon pages of information at a mere Rs 60. ($ 1.10) But Veluguri Foundation attempted it. While it cost Rs 48 (about $ 1) to make the book, we sold the book for a mere Rs 60, including even the marketing costs. The book was sold on cost-to-cost basis to students who directly purchased it.

Information on Project Website too

We are taking Project After Tenth forward through the Internet too. We are designing the Site as a guiding beacon, as a compass for tenth standard students and those who have completed their tenth class education. The website will be an ocean of information by the end of this year.