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No higher education, some Lucknow youth pick music, football

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LUCKNOW: Choosing to take the road less traveled, several

students

in the city are opting to follow their heart and conventional choices of higher education the miss. Students are not applying for the usual BA, BCom and BSc and heading towards professional courses that cater to their interests.

Millennium School

passout

Shivang Mathur has always been passionate about

music

and he bagged a 5-year contract with a music company in Mumbai. With an assurance that he would get to assist music director Krsna Solo, he will relocate to Mumbai to be a full time musician—at the cost of formal education. “Music is my passion and I only want to focus on my career as a singer so am ready to make any sacrifice,” said Shivang.

Following suit is his friend and schoolmate, Prayas Arora. An athlete, Prayas can’t imagine a future without football. He scored 78.5% in board exams and has now applied to

Baichung Bhutia Football Academy

in Delhi. He wants to be a professional

football

player and will dedicate himself to it fully. Expressing his passion for the sport, he said, “Football is something I know I’m good at and it’s my dream to play for the Indian football team.”

Study Hall passout Vikhyat Tandon is all set to be a young entrepreneur. Moved by his passion for graphic designing and his dream of setting up an all-inclusive event management venture, Vikhyat has decided to take a year off to establish his startup. He has always been involved in event management. After representing at many MUNs (Model United Nations) he made a lot of contacts with like-minded people and decided to give his dreams a chance. His venture will be called “MyLoreStudio”.

Vikhyat told TOI, “I love graphic designing and have completed a course in the city. But mostly I have learned from tutorial videos online. I want to pursue communication designing from Parsons Institute in New York.”

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