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My objective is to share about:-
(1) What are life skills?
(2) How do we acquire life skills ?
(3) What are importance of life skills in our life ?
(4)What are roles and responsibilities of Individual, Parent,
School and Society?
I will try to share my views about 10 essential life skills i.e.
Definition, Descriptive indicators, Examples, Activities
etc……will continue my journey for next task---

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Life skills are essential and integral part of education
system. National Curriculum Frame work integrates all
essential life skills. Educator integrates them in regular
teaching learning process. S/he helps learners to identify
them, learn those essential skills and implement them in
real life situation. Educator sole aim is to fill the gap
between textual knowledge and worldly knowledge. A
wise educator correlates subjective knowledge in a real
life context to develop life skills. It is possible by
integrating two or more than two different subjects.
Mathematics educator can integrate music or physical
work.

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Learning life skills occur within and beyond a boundary wall of
classroom. Parent, educator and society are crucial
stakeholders to develop life skills. I find, ancient education
system (Guru & Shisya tradition)was one of the fine example of
developing life skills. Guru(educator) used to ask his disciples
to arrange their own food or other things. Disciple used to face
so many indifferent & intolerable situations to arrange,
however they used to come up with various solutions to survive.
Blending of academic activity into other various activities
helped those disciples to lead successfully in various walks of
life.
Modern Education Systems develop and designs various
interdisciplinary activities to instill and impart life skills. I
firmly believe that , integration of life skills in pedagogical
develops a learner into a fine human being.

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Life skills education seeks outcomes of changed attitude and
behaviour.
Life skills education has been introduced in different ways
in formal schools. NCF introduces life skills as a new
subject and also integrated within the teaching practice
and content of other subjects. It is also offered as extra or
co-curricular activities.
Integrated life skills curriculum includes textual knowledge
and skills; moreover it focuses on behaviour, attitudes and
values.
Life skills curriculum is blended with students’ active
participation, interactive teaching and learning
methodologies.

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 Life skills: Refers to a large group of psychosocial and
interpersonal skills that can help people make informed
decisions, communicate effectively, and develop coping and
self-management skills that may help lead a healthy and
productive life.(Nations Children’s Fund, ‘Life Skills: Definition of terms’, web page, <www.unicef.org/lifeskills/index_7308.html>,
accessed July 2011.)
 Life skills education: Refers to educational interventions
that seek to address the above areas.
 Life skills-based education: Is a combination of learning
experiences that aim to develop not only knowledge and
attitudes, but also skills (i.e., life skills) that are needed to
make decisions and take positive actions to change behaviours
 and environments.2

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 Skills focus: The focus on psychosocial capabilities for using
knowledge (critical thinking, problem-solving), for being
decisive and resilient (decision-making, motivation,
resilience), and for living together (communication, empathy)
 Livelihood skills: Refers to income generation and may
include technical/vocational skills (carpentry, sewing,
computer programming), job-seeking skills such as
interviewing, business management skills, entrepreneurial
skills, and skills to manage money

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‘WHO’ has categorized most important 10 life skills under
three broad categories:
 THINKING SKILLS: Self awareness, Critical thinking,
Problem solving, Decision making, and Creative thinking.
 SOCIAL SKILLS: Effective Communication, Empathy, and
Interpersonal relationships.
 EMOTIONAL SKILLS: Dealing with Emotions and Coping
with stress.

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1. Self-awareness
2. Problem Solving
3. Decision Making
4. Critical Thinking
5. Creative Thinking
6. Interpersonal Relationships
7. Effective Communication
8. Empathy
9. Managing Feelings/Emotions
10. Dealing with Stress

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 Acquisition of life skills is a continuous and
comprehensive process. Learning life skills heavily
depend upon parent, teacher, institutional curriculum and
surroundings. Individual learns relevant life skills
through active participation, observation, real life
experience and incorporating learning in a real life
context.
 Life skills are acquired through right learning and
nurturing individual’s inherit and latent capacity and
capability
 Life skills are acquired when we provide a platform or an
opportunity for them to learn and practice.

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 Individual learns life skills through awareness, alertness
and by providing him/her required training i.e “it may
happen”/right techniques to tackle”
 UNICEF’s ‘Life Skills Learning and Teaching: Principles,
concepts and standards’, for instance, states that
“alongside literacy and numeracy, life skills are essential
learning outcomes of quality education.
United Nations Children’s Fund, Life Skills Learning and Teaching: Principles, concepts and standards, UNICEF, 2010.
Only a wise and a skilled educator can provide real life skills
learning experience to a learner otherwise an individual
even learns something from a rikshapular, a beggar or a
layman!
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 Key Points for Acquisition of Life Skills :-
“Give Opportunity , Trust Him, Try More S/He Will Certainly
Initiate To Learn”
 Helping them to become alert and conscious learners
 Helping them to become rational thinkers
 Helping them to become conscience
 Helping them to think smartly and act smartly
 Helping them to use theoretical knowledge into real life
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 Key Points for Acquisition of Life Skills :-
“Give Opportunity , Trust Him, Try More S/He Will Certainly
Initiate To Learn”
 Encourage your learner to participate actively
 Encourage your learner to think and give adequate time to
answer
 Please do not stamp with negative adjective if your
learners speak less and do not participate as per as your
expectation

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 Educator needs additional support to equip teachers with the
relevant formative and summative assessment skills:
• Knowledge: e.g., multiple-choice questions or poems, essays,
posters;
• Attitudes: through scalar attitude measurement tools, open-
ended questions and closed questions;
• Skills: through close-ended questions, role plays and
simulations, case study analysis, checklists;
• Behavioural intent: through close-ended questions, case
studies, simulations, checklists, etc.
United Nations Children’s Fund, Life Skill Learning and Teaching: Principles, concepts and standards,
UNICEF, 2010

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We should sensitize our learners to identify life skills,
develop it by providing proper training and encourage 4G
learners to explore and investigate the fact, analyze
situations critically and present themselves in a creative
manner supported by human values who care for
individual integrity.
We can not assume that individual learns each and
everything which is delivered in the classroom or taught
out side the classroom . The best method is to provide
training continuously for better learning.
 Encourage discussion and cross questioning in the groups
 Focus more on process than product

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 Life skills involve dynamic teaching –learning process.
Educator uses following techniques
 Role play
 Brainstorming
 Games
 Pair work
 Group work
 Open discussion /Debates
 Field work i.e. collecting data, conducting interview with
experienced people, asking questions with elder member
in family, doing social work
 Real life example –visiting different places, hospitals , labs,
factory , bank or required places related to topics

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 Educator , society and student can create triangle of learning. Everyone has to
learn , relearn and always try to learn. We need to train ourselves & discover
ourselves for the betterment of learning. We will analyze and learn through
great statements. First, "The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind
with an open one”. Malcolm Forbes
 When we think learning life skills ; then CAN WE THINK OF :-
 An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action
rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage. — Jack Welch, former General
Electric CEO
 You have to make it happen.“ Denis Diderot
 "It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.“ -
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain
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 Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and
available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden,
not a benefit. — C. William Pollard, Chairman, Fairwyn Investment Company
 Retention is best when the learner is involved." - Edward Scannell, University
Conference Bureau, Arizona
 "I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which
they can learn." - Albert Einstein
 "Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough we must do." – Goethe
 Hope for the best ! Surely active participation of educator , parent , student
and society will ensure learning of “ Life Skills”.
 Wait ! We will altogether discuss next time “ Life Skills” in detail.
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 World Health Organization, Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion,
<www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/ottawa_charter_hp.pdf>, WHO, 1986.
 14 World Health Organization, Life Skills Education in Schools, WHO Programme on Mental Health, WHO, 1997.
 National Curriculum Framework( NCF,2005)
 Bond ( Tim ) , 1986 , Games for Social and Life Skills , Hutchinson Co Ltd,
 http://www.interventioncentral.com/academic-interventions/reading-comprehension/keywords-memorization-strat
 Teach 21 http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/
 http://www.livestrong.com/article/191710-importance-of-teaching-life-skills-to-children/
 http://www.preservearticles.com/2011111517239/essay-on-the-concept-and-importance-of-life-skill-
education.html
 https://www.britishcouncil.gr/en/life-skills/about/what-are-life-skills
 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131124/education/Teaching-life-skills-in-schools.496090
 https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/mar/09/teaching-learning-curriculum-life-
skills-teacher-career
 http://www.unicef.org/lifeskills/index_resources.html
 Heckman J and T Kautz. 2012. “Hard Evidence on Soft Skills.” NBER Working Paper 18121.
 www.rajeevranjan.net
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/9836204/Schools-are-failing-to-teach-life-skills-and-
leaving-youth-unemployable-Prince-Charles-warns.html
 http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/OCE/LifeSkills/intro.html
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Rajeev Ranjan
Principal
B.Ed(English), PGDTE & Psy. Counselor
English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
Email .Id : rajeevbhuvns@gmail.com
Website: www.rajeevranjan.net
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