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Only 10% of Indian students receive career guidance: Experts Warn AI Can’t Replace Human Career Counsellors
Experts stress early career planning, combining certified counsellors with AI tools, to guide students toward informed, personalized choices.
New Delhi: The lack of professional career guidance is now a crisis in India rather than just a concern. A shocking United Nations (UN) study has determined that one in 10 students has access to some type of expert career counselling. For the other 9 out of 10 students, life-changing decisions are made based on advice or wisdom from cousins, uncles, family friends, or the current trends, even if they don't match the student's own abilities or needs. The outcome of this situation is misalignment in the career pat