This document discusses life skills development and defines it as skills that help manage life and improve quality of life, including competencies to face challenges. It outlines 10 core life skills according to the WHO: self-awareness, communication, relationships, empathy, creative thinking, critical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, stress management, and emotion management. These skills are essential for self-knowledge, values, perspective, open-mindedness, humor, and acceptance. The document also lists additional life skills important for students, such as social responsibility, confidence, creativity, goal-setting, thinking skills, conflict management, teamwork, research skills, and time and stress management.

1. DISCUSSION
ON
LIFE SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
By Mujeeb Rahiman
Kattali
Asst.Professor in Commerce
AIA College, Kuniyil Areacode.

2. Objectives
Define and understand life skills
development
List the core life skills laid down by
WHO.
Analyze the essentiality of life skills.

3. LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT-MEANING
• Life skills refers to the skills usually associated with
managing and living a better quality of life.
• Life skills are intended to enhance personal
development and increase your overall quality of life.
• Life skills refer to the abilities that make people
competent to face life.

4. LIFE SKILLS

5. Core Life Skills as laid down by WHO
1. Self awareness
2. Effective communication
3. Interpersonal relationship
4. Empathy
5. Creative thinking
6. Critical thinking
7. Decision making
8. Problem solving
9. Coping with stress
10.Coping with emotions

6. Why are these skills essential?
 Know Yourself
 Love Yourself
 Be True To Yourself.
 Having A Personal Value System
 Perspective
 Have An Open Mind
 Sense Of Humour
 Acceptance.

7. Life skills development among
students for quality enhancement
 Social responsibility/community commitment
 Confidence
 Self awareness and reflection
 Creativity
 Goal setting and decision making
 Various level thinking
 Conflict management
 Team work/group work
 Research/information process
 Stress management
 Time management
 Crisis management

8. Questions

9. THANK
YOU

10. THANK
YOU