New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Planning a child's education fund has become genuinely tricky in 2026. Career paths themselves keep shifting, sometimes several times before adulthood.

One parent likened this planning to ice skating, requiring constant balance adjustments. His own son moved from astronaut dreams to medicine, then law.

Career experts now describe an overwhelming landscape of choices available today. There are reportedly 20 career clusters spanning over 3,000 distinct occupations.

Younger generations increasingly gravitate toward creative fields rather than traditional tracks. This includes animation, UI/UX design and various digital media careers.

"When you do not know what job, career, college, or stream it will be, the only cer...