For example, the state of Karnataka conducts Board Examinations at the end of the 2nd Year PUC for university admissions.
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.
And also for The eastern Indian state of West Bengal conducts Board Examination through the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Educationin all over the state for admission into colleges (though for admission in Engineering, Medical, Pharmacy, Nursing and architecture students have to write the separate entrance examinations).
(according to the statistics of WBresult.2023) "Pre-University Course" (PUC) is 2-Year Senior Secondary Course and it is an intermediate level of education in the state of Karnataka, India and it collectively refers to 11th and 12th Grades officially in these states and offered in Junior Colleges or Pre-University Colleges instead of Senior Secondary Schools so only 11th and 12th grades are referred here as 1st PUC (11th Grade) and 2nd PUC (12th Grade) i.e First Year Pre-University Course and Second Year Pre-University Course respectively as they are part of Junior College system know so and the education received in Junior Colleges is equivalent to the Senior Secondary Schooling offered by CBSE and other State Boards because both provides education for 11th and 12th Grades.The PUC curriculum offers various streams or combinations of subjects such as Science (PCMB or PCMC), Commerce (CEBA), and Arts (HEBA).
PUC examinations are conducted at the end of the 2nd year, and the results play a crucial role in determining students' eligibility for higher education, such as undergraduate degree programs in colleges and universities.
Admission to these courses depends on what a student wants to do as a profession in near future or upon marks scored in PUC exams conducted by the institutes or by the state board.