Career Affinity Programme · Classes 8 to 10
Career counselling
that says more than
“take science”.
Most career tests hand your child a label and stop. This one measures reasoning, interest, orientation and confidence across 12 career fields, then spends eight months finding out whether the gaps actually closed.
Why this test matters
Marks do not decide career potential.
Our tests do.
A 92 in Mathematics looks like engineering material. But what if your child’s spatial reasoning is at band 2? What if they hate explaining their work? Marks show what a child scored last term. They do not show whether they can reason through unfamiliar problems, or whether their interest survives contact with the real work. That is what we measure.
Class 8 marks
Good marks in Maths and Science. But are they ready for engineering?
Insights from our report
What marks cannot tell you
Reasoning strength: Verbal logic and accuracy both at band 5 (top tier). Pattern logic at band 4. Can solve complex problems but may struggle explaining solutions under pressure.
Working style: Strongly driven to "Build and Operate" and "Investigate and Explain". Prefers solving underlying technical problems over people management.
Growth gap: Spatial reasoning at band 2, so visualising 3D systems is a challenge. This will affect graphics, simulations and hardware design.
The verdict: Computing and Information Technology is the right fit. Engineering needs more careful field selection. Two months of targeted practice on 3D visualisation will close the gap.
A rank
No item comes from a JEE, NEET or CUET syllabus. Nothing here scores your child against a competitive norm.
An academic judgement
A student weak in school Mathematics can be strong in quantitative logic. The two are measured separately, on purpose.
A closed door
Every field shows a profession ladder starting at the rung the student can reach today. No child is told a field is finished for them.
How counselling closes the gap
Four interventions,
one after each assessment.
A report sitting on a shelf changes nothing. What changes a student’s trajectory is what happens after the report: the conversation, the plan, the accountability, and the two-month sprint to close the gap. That is where a counsellor comes in.
After Discovery
Counsellor reviews reasoning profile and stated aspirations with the student. Identifies initial gaps and builds the first intervention plan.
Student + CounsellorAfter Proficiency
Gaps are confirmed on a field-specific test. Parent debrief explains the reasoning profile in plain language. Academic performance report shows what to work on.
Student + Parent + CounsellorAfter Growth
Measures whether the two-month intervention actually moved the student. Celebrates wins. Adjusts the plan if needed. Rebuilds confidence.
Student + Parent + CounsellorAfter Confirmatory
Gaps have closed, or are documented. Stream selection is made with evidence. Final career pathway mapped with real profession ladders.
Student + Parent + CounsellorWhy counselling matters
- Reports do not change behaviour. A student reads "Sequence Completion: Band 3" and nothing shifts. A counsellor says "You are great at logic rules, but sequences trip you up, and here is why that matters for your field" and suddenly it clicks.
- Parents need translation. Reasoning bands, field affinities and growth gaps are technical concepts. A counsellor sits with parents, explains what the numbers mean, and maps out exactly what the student should do in the next two months.
- Gaps become ownership. When a counsellor names a gap and hands the student a three-week sprint to close it, the student feels accountability. They own the gap. They own the growth.
- Confidence compounds. Small wins in the two-month sprints build momentum. A student who closes one gap after the first intervention is far more likely to push through the next one. Counsellors guard that momentum.
- Stream selection becomes certain. Without counselling, a student with ambiguous results makes a guess. With counselling, they make a choice, with evidence, clarity and a growth plan already in motion.
Students’ interests matter
What a child wants is data,
not a distraction.
Most assessments treat interest as decoration and reasoning as the real measure. That gets it backwards. A student with average reasoning and genuine, durable interest usually outruns a student with strong reasoning who was placed in a field by somebody else.
Stated aspiration
What the student says they want, written in their own words, in Bengali, Hindi or English. The original is stored verbatim and never replaced.
Working orientation
Not "do you like science" but "would you spend a Saturday on this". Forward and reverse-keyed items catch agreement given out of politeness.
Confidence
Self-belief in the field, tracked across all four stages. A student whose confidence rises while ability holds is a different case from one where both rise.
Durability
Interest stated in Stage 1 is re-checked at Stages 2, 3 and 4. Interest that fades under contact with the real work is a finding, not a failure.
Why the reason behind an aspiration is recorded separately: a student who wants medicine because of the work is in a different position from one who wants it because of the salary, or because of a parent. All three are legitimate. Only one of them survives Class 12. That classification is made by a human counsellor, never by an algorithm.
How the programme runs
Four assessments.
Two months between each.
The gap found in Stage 2 is not the finding, it is the assignment. Each intervention period has named blocks and a named owner, and the next assessment re-tests exactly what was flagged.
One generic paper. Maps the student’s affinity across all 12 fields and captures the stated aspiration in their own words.
Month 1First field-specific paper. Confirms current standing, registers the gaps, sets the intervention plan.
Month 3Harder items on the same criteria. Shows whether the two-month intervention actually moved the student.
Month 5Hard items only. Confirms the gaps have closed and consolidates confidence before the choice is made.
Month 8What is in the report
Every student gets this,
in plain language.
No jargon, no decoding required, and no percentile ranks. A counsellor signs off on every report before it reaches a parent. Each report draws on eight reasoning dimensions measured through 168 items.
Field Affinity Score
Where the evidence currently points across all 12 fields, including Computing, Engineering, Medical Sciences, Commerce, Data and Statistics and Pure Sciences, on a radar chart a parent can read in one look.
Reasoning Profile
Verbal logic, quantitative reasoning, pattern logic, spatial reasoning, physical intuition, accuracy and ordering, each measured separately so you see where the student is genuinely strong and where they need support.
Working Orientation
Six dimensions: Build and Operate, Investigate and Explain, Guide and Care, Lead and Persuade, Organise and Verify, Create and Express, showing what kind of work actually engages your child.
Readiness Index
From Stage 2 onward, how ready the student is for their chosen field, computed from field-specific evidence rather than inference or projection.
Interest and Confidence Trend
The student’s own stated aspiration alongside their orientation and confidence, tracked across every stage, showing whether interest grows, holds steady, or fades under contact with real work.
Gap Register and Intervention Plan
The specific reasoning criteria the student is behind on, each written as a sentence rather than a code, with the targeted two-month intervention block attached. Things parents and teachers can actually do.
Profession Ladder
Real professions inside each chosen field, ordered from the entry rung the student can reach today upward, with what each rung asks for in terms of education and specialisation.
Growth Comparison
Stage-on-stage movement on the same criteria, so improvement is evidenced rather than claimed. Never estimated if a stage was missed. If a student skipped a test, we do not pretend they took it.
Classification and Next Steps
Recommended direction, interest ahead of readiness, unused strength, or not a current fit, with the reasoning spelled out for each. What to do over the next two months, specific enough that a parent can start on Monday.
Charts included: field affinity radar, criterion-level bar comparison, reasoning profile breakdown, and orientation and confidence tracked across stages. Suppressed measures are reported as “not measured” rather than filled with a zero, because a missing answer is not a wrong one.
Plans for parents
Start with one test,
or run the whole arc.
Prices are per student, inclusive of the written report at each stage taken.
Start here
Field Affinity Test
per student, one-time
- The Stage 1 discovery assessment (168 reasoning items)
- Affinity mapped across all 12 career fields
- Reasoning profile: verbal, quantitative, spatial, logic
- Student’s stated aspiration in their own words
- One written report, counsellor signed off
- Profession ladder for the top 3 fields
Most complete measure
All 4 Tests
per student, full eight-month programme
- Everything in the Field Affinity Test
- Stages 2, 3 and 4 at rising difficulty
- Gap register with named intervention blocks
- Growth measured stage on stage, not assumed
- Four written reports across eight months
- Readiness Index for the chosen field
- Interest durability tracked across all stages
With a counsellor
Tests + Counselling
per student, programme plus sessions
- Everything in All 4 Tests
- One-to-one counsellor session after each stage
- Parent debrief on the report, in plain language
- Stream and subject shortlist built with the student
- Intervention plan reviewed and adjusted each cycle
- Career pathway discussion with alternatives mapped
The Field Affinity Test taken on its own is a starting point for a conversation, not a career recommendation. The programme’s value is in the arc: what changes between the stages.
For schools
Run it for a cohort,
read it at every level.
The same programme, delivered across a class or a full grade band, on the IMPACT platform already used across 110+ schools in India. Cohort pricing on request.
Four report levels
Student, section, class and school. The same evidence, written for whoever is reading it.
Named intervention owners
Each gap category is assigned to a teacher, written into the plan, and re-checked at the next stage.
Class-calibrated bands
Separate cut-points for Class 8, 9 and 10, so younger students are not systematically under-rated.
Consent and compliance
Guardian consent at enrolment, stated retention, deletion on request. The subjects are minors and are treated as such.
Questions parents ask
Before you enrol.
Is this a mock test for JEE, NEET or CUET?
No. No item is drawn from a competitive syllabus, nothing is speed-scored against a competitive norm, and no score maps to a rank. The programme measures reasoning foundation, interest, working orientation and confidence.
What class should my child be in?
Classes 8 to 10 is the core band, because that is when stream selection gets decided. Band cut-points are calibrated separately for each class, so a Class 8 student is never held against a Class 10 norm.
Will the report tell my child which career to choose?
It will not hand down a single verdict. It names which fields the evidence currently supports, where interest is running ahead of readiness, where there is an unused strength, and what to build over the next two months.
My child scored 95 in Maths, does that not mean engineering?
Not necessarily. High marks show subject recall, not reasoning ability or interest in the actual work. We have seen students with 95 in Maths but weak spatial reasoning or low interest in debugging who struggled in engineering, and students with 78 in Maths but exceptional quantitative logic who thrived. Marks are one data point. We measure what actually predicts success.
How long does the full programme take?
Roughly eight months. Four assessments with a two-month intervention period between each, so growth is measured rather than assumed.
Can we take only the first test?
Yes, for ₹500. On its own it is a good starting point for a conversation at home. It is not sold as a career recommendation.
What if my child misses a stage?
The series is flagged as partial and the growth sections are suppressed. We do not estimate a missing stage from the ones around it.
How is my child’s data handled?
Guardian consent is taken at enrolment, the retention period is stated up front, and data is deleted on request. Percentile ranks are never surfaced to students or parents. Every report is signed off by a counsellor before release.
Can my child’s school run this for everyone?
Yes. Schools receive reports at student, section, class and school level with named intervention blocks per gap category. Use the contact form for cohort pricing.
The choice gets made either way.
Make it with evidence.
Start with the ₹500 Field Affinity Test, or bring the full programme to your school.