How do you save for your child’s education?

While most of us are now conditioned to save for our children’s higher education, the alarming rate at which primary and secondary education costs are increasing often catches us off guard.

My child was about one when my partner and I started talking about his education—a conversation that has only gained more depth and anxiety over the years. The number of options available to the average upper-middle-class Indian, combined with our ambitions to do the best for our children, forms the ideal recipe for paralysis, both analytical and financial.  

We’ve always known raising children would be expensive. And while most of us are now conditioned to save for our children’s “higher education”, the alarming rate at which primary and secondary education costs are increasing often catches us off guard. 

As it …