LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION FOR ADOLESCENTS: IT’S NEEDS AND STRATEGIES

Abstract

Life skills are a vast group of psycho-social and interpersonal skills that is needed for every individual to lead a healthy and productive life. These are the skills that help in promoting mental wellbeing and competence in young people. Adolescence is considered as a period of stress and storm in which teenagers go through different physical, emotional, social and cognitive changes. In this period teaching life skills is very much important for the adolescents which assist to effectively communicate, think critically and creatively, taking rational decisions in their life. Life skills education help in empowering the youths to act responsibly in the society. These life skills are important because these will help teenagers in coping with problems they faced in their everyday life. Life skills education can be imparted through different strategies like brain storming, role play, group discussions etc. Life skills education should be provided to every young people so that they can live a happy and successful life.