The marks-only stream
92% goes to science, 85% to commerce. Nobody asked what they enjoy.
PUPILRISE · PUPILNEXT · CLASS 8–12
Stream choice is next month. “Why science?” “Good marks. My cousin did it.”
Send Class 10’s marks and a short WhatsApp interest form. By next Friday, every student has three real routes with costs and entrances — each reviewed by your counsellor before families see it.
By next Friday: three real routes for every student.
Class 10 · pathway note (sample)replies in your language · quiet after 8 pm
Friday
Reply, or hold 🎙 to speak
Is this your starting point?
I’m and what hurts most is
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY
Big decisions, made with almost no map.
of 4,968 Class 9–12 students surveyed had received career guidance, 2023
Bharat Career Aspiration Report 2024 (UNICEF YuWaah · iDreamCareer) · theweek.in · PTI report on the BCAR 2024
of rural 14–18-year-olds were taking any vocational training, 2023
ASER 2023 Beyond Basics · asercentre.org · ASER 2023 main findings
unemployment rate among young graduates in India, 2022
India Employment Report 2024 (ILO · IHD) · ilo.org · India Employment Report 2024
SOUND FAMILIAR?
The stream is picked in a fortnight. The routine, never.
Class 10 picks a stream from marks and hearsay; Class 12 picks a course from a hoarding. In between, nobody teaches how to study — so routines are borrowed from a topper’s video and quietly dropped.
The fortnight of guidance
One counsellor, hundreds of students, two weeks in May.
The borrowed timetable
Copied from a video on Sunday, abandoned by the second Monday.
HOW IT WORKS
A routine for this week. A map for what’s next.
Two parts, one student. The software drafts; the counsellor and the family decide.
1Plan the week
A study plan sized to the student’s real timetable. No streaks, no points.
2Sunday reflection
What worked, what didn’t, one change for next week. Private to the student.
3Explore real routes
Streams, courses, entrances, scholarships and costs — with routes your own alumni took.
4Decide together
The counsellor reviews every suggestion. Families get a conversation, not a verdict.
PupilRise · PupilNextPlan didn’t survive the week? Sunday’s reflection resizes it — missing a day costs nothing.
THREE WAYS TO START
Map one class, run a guided season, or share the desk.
Each way ends with the same thing: a reviewed plan for every student’s next step. Change your mind any time.
For principals who want to see one class mapped before anything else.
- 1Upload Class 10 marks and subjects
- 2Send our interest form on WhatsApp
- 3Your counsellor reviews draft maps
- YOU’LL SEE IT
- By next Friday
- WHAT IT TAKES
- Free. Names can stay hidden.
For schools that want a guided season before Class 10 or 12 choose.
- 1A 30-minute call with your counsellor
- 2Routines and maps set up in seven days
- 3Family evening, then a day-14 review
- YOU’LL SEE IT
- Day 7
- WHAT IT TAKES
- A short paid pilot, credited to year one
For owners who want a full guidance desk without hiring one.
- 1Our counsellors work beside yours
- 2We build alumni routes and local lists
- 3Family conversations booked and noted
- YOU’LL SEE IT
- Week two
- WHAT IT TAKES
- Set-up plus a per-student fee, quoted for you
WHAT YOU’LL SEE FIRST
You’ll feel it when a Class 10 student sees three real routes — with costs, entrances and an alumnus who walked one.
MAKE IT YOURS
Show Class 10 where your own alumni actually went.
ONLY AT YOUR SCHOOL
Real routes from your own old students
Alumni who say yes share their route — stream, course, entrance, first job, what they’d change. Students see real paths from their own school, not a brochure. Each alumnus consents per use, sees how they’re shown, and can withdraw any time.
- Consent per alumnus, per use
- First name and batch only, if they choose
- Withdraw any time; removed within 30 days
THINKPRINTAlumni routes · from your school (sample)
BatchAfter Class 10After Class 12Now
2014PU · PCMBB.Sc AgricultureAgronomist, seed firm
2016Diploma · ElectronicsLateral-entry B.E.Service engineer
2017PU · CommerceB.Com + CAArticled assistant, Ballari
Sample routes. Shown only with each alumnus’s consent.
Your counsellor’s voice
Notes home in her words and in your families’ languages.
Your local map
Colleges, diplomas and scholarships within reach of your town.
Your calendar
Routines that fit your timetable, exam dates and festival breaks.
WHY IT GETS BETTER EVERY TERM
Every batch leaves a clearer path for the next.
Each graduating batch adds consented routes. Each year’s choices, and how they turned out, make next year’s maps more local and more honest.
The routes come from your own old students, so Class 10 sees paths that start where they sit.
- 1Routine setSized to real timetables
- 2Sunday reflectionOne change a week
- 3Routes exploredReal routes, real costs
- 4Family decidesCounsellor in the room
- 5Alumni add routesConsented, every batch
- ↻ Your school’s own pathway map
WHERE IT LEADS
Once students have a map, they ask for a guide.
We only raise a next step when your own data does. The maths comes with it; the decision stays yours.
WHEN YOU NOTICE
Students ask to talk to a counsellor fifteen or more times a month.
PupilCaresTHE MATHS · AN EXAMPLE
e.g. 20 requests × 1 triage hour saved = 20 counsellor hours a month
WHEN YOU NOTICE
Alumni routes get fifty views a term, and ten alumni have said yes.
Alumni & communityTHE MATHS · AN EXAMPLE
e.g. 15 alumni mentors × 4 sessions × 1 hour = 60 mentor hours a term
WHEN YOU NOTICE
Three in ten Class 10 maps point to an entrance-exam route.
PupilPrepTHE MATHS · AN EXAMPLE
e.g. 120 students × 10% more staying for PU × ₹45,000 fee = ₹5.4 lakh a year
A BALLARI SCHOOL GROUP · CLASSROOMS SINCE 2001
No verdicts on children. A person always decides.
PupilTree is a working school group in Ballari, running classrooms since 2001. Schools that join now get founding terms, a say in what we build next, and an easy way out if your counsellor isn’t finding it useful.
Founding terms
Founding-school pricing, held for three years.
No labels on children
Suggestions only — never personality types or permanent labels.
Stop on day 14
Counsellor doesn’t find it useful? Stop, and take your data.
Alumni stay in control
Each alumnus consents per use and can withdraw any time.
WHAT WE’LL TRACK WITH YOUStudents with a reviewed planWeekly reflections writtenFamily conversations heldAlumni routes consented
QUESTIONS
What principals ask before stream season.
Didn’t see yours? Ask on WhatsApp — a person replies, usually within the hour.
Ask on WhatsAppNo. It shows options with evidence and costs. Your counsellor reviews every suggestion; students and families decide.
What would your Class 10 choose with a real map?
Send one class’s marks and our interest form. By next Friday, every student has three routes — and your counsellor has a place to start.
No personality labelsConsent from every alumnusLeave on day 14