Most countries are now aware that Life skill education is a basic learning need for all young people. It will help the young people to empower in challenging situations. Various skills like leadership, responsibility, communication, intellectual capacity, self esteem, Interpersonal skill etc. can be improved through this program. Specific areas of focus like leadership training, communication, interaction, understanding self, making decisions, working with groups, socialization etc can add immense value to the quality of our youth.
Developing life skill helps the adolescents to translate knowledge, attitude and their health behavior such as acquiring the ability to reduce specific risk behavior and adopt healthy behavior that improve their lives in general.
Life skills have produced the following effects:
- lessened violent behavior
- increased pro-social behavior and decreased negative, self-destructive behavior
- increased the ability to plan ahead and choose effective solutions to problems
- improved self-image, self-awareness, social and emotional adjustment
- increased acquisition of knowledge
- improved classroom behavior
- gains in self control and sociability
- better handling of interpersonal problems and coping with anxiety
- improved constructive conflict resolution with peers, impulse control and popularity.