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The '''Pre-University Course''' or '''Pre-Degree Course''' ('''PUC''' or '''PDC''') is an '''Intermediate Course''' (which is known as '''10+2''') of two years' duration, refers to '''Class 11th''' and '''Class 12th''' and called as '''1st PUC''' and '''2nd PUC''' respectively in the '''PU Colleges''' or [[Junior college#India|Junior Colleges]] and are conducted by state education institutions or boards in [[India]]. This pre-university course is also known as the '''[[Twelfth grade#India|Plus-two]]''' or '''[[Higher Secondary School Certificate#India|Intermediate/HSC course]]'''. A person desiring admission to an Indian university must pass this course, which can be considered as a degree bridge course to prepare students for university education.

Admission to this course is based on marks obtained for the [[SSLC|Secondary School Leaving Certificate]], awarded after successful completion of five years of [[primary school]], followed by five years of [[secondary school]]. The Indian education system follows a 10+2+3 (4 or 5) pattern, so that a bachelor's degree requires a minimum of 10 years of '''primary''' and '''secondary''' '''schooling''', plus two years of '''Higher Secondary''' '''Education''' in '''Schools (schooling till 12th Grade''')or in '''Junior''' or '''PU Colleges''' '''(schooling till 10th Grade and 11th&12th in PU or Junior colleges)''' in different regions and states, plus either three, four or five years at university. Colleges offering a pre-university course are known as '''PU Colleges''' or [[Junior colleges#India|Junior colleges]] in India.

For example, the state of [[Karnataka]] conducts examinations at the end of the second year of the PUC for university admissions. This has three program streams with options focusing on science, commerce and arts, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govindadasacollege.com/courses.htm|title=Courses offered|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=www.govindadasacollege.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113214209/http://www.govindadasacollege.com/courses.htm|archive-date=2010-11-13}}</ref> Students desiring to study professional programs in [[Karnataka]] must pass the science stream of this exam and qualify through the [[Common Entrance Test]] of the state. Recently, the Karnataka PUC Board made the first-year PUC exams public, to filter out low-scoring students and improve overall average scores. Only about 40% of students usually pass the exam, and only about 1.5% score above 85% overall.

== Courses after PUC==
Students who have completed the PUC in the science stream can enroll in specialist degree courses in [[nursing]], [[pharmacy]], [[agriculture]], [[engineering]] or [[medicine]]. They can also enroll for a pure-sciences [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]]. Admission to these courses depends upon marks scored in PUC exams conducted by the institutes or by the state board.

Students who succeed in the commerce stream may enroll in a graduate [[Bachelor of Commerce]] or [[Bachelor of Business Management]] degree program at an Indian university.

Those who have passed the arts-stream PUC can opt to study for a [[Bachelor of Arts]] ('''B.A''') or [[Diploma of Education|Diploma in Education]] ('''DEd'''), [[Bachelor of Social Work]] ('''BSW'''), or may be admitted to vocational programs in [[fashion design]] — offered by the [[National Institute of Fashion Design]] ('''NIFT''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nift.ac.in/admissions1.html|title=Admissions|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=http://www.nift.ac.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301105030/http://www.nift.ac.in/admissions1.html|archive-date=2010-03-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> — or apparel and knitwear manufacturing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atdcindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=admissionvocational|title=ATDC vocational training|access-date=2010-01-20|publisher=http://www.atdcindia.co.in|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208075049/http://www.atdcindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=admissionvocational|archive-date=2010-02-08}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
; General information
*Official website for [http://pue.kar.nic.in PUC results]
*Official website for [https://pucresult2019.com/ PUC Results 2019]
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[[Category:Junior colleges in India]]

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