1. LIFE-SKILLS IN EDUCATION

2. DEFINITION THE ABILITIES FOR ADAPTIVE AND POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR
THAT EMPOWER US IN MAKING INFORMED CHOICES IN
THE FACE OF COMPLEX LIFE SITUATIONS.

3. LIFE SKILL INCLUDES: DECISION MAKING PROBLEM SOLVING CREATIVE THINKING
CRITICAL THINKING
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
SELF AWARENESS
EMPATHY
COPING WITH EMOTIONS&STRESS

4. RESPONSIBLE DICISION MAKING
A PROCESS AND SKILL ACQUIRED WHICH ENABLES ONE
TO MAKE DECISIONS AFTER EXAMINING THE CHOICES
AND THE CONCEQUENCES AND WHICH ARE CONSISTENT
WITH ONS’S VALUES AND GOALS.

5. PROBLEM SOLVING NEGOTIATING SKILL
NEGOTIATION ALLOWS ONE TO SOLVE AN ISSUE,PROBLEM
OR CONFLICT.
IT YS A WAY TO GET ONE’S NEED ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT
USING ANGER,INTIMIDATION,INSUBORDINATION,AGGERSIVE
BEHAVIOUR OR FORCE.

6. CREATIVE THINKING THIS CONTRIBUTES TO BOTH DECISION MAKING AND
PROBLEM SOLVING BY ENABLING US TO EXPLORE THE
AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVES ANDVARIOUS CONSEQUENCES
OF OUR ACTIONS OR NON-ACTIONS.

7. CRITICAL THINKING IT IS ABILITY TO ANALYZE INFORMATION AND
EXPERIENCES IN OBJECTIVE MANNER.
THIS HELPS THE ADOLESCENT TO RECOGNIZE AND
ASSES THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ATTITUDES
AND BEHAVIOUR NAMELY-VALUES,PEER PRESSURE
AND OTHER PRESSURE.

8. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS OURSELVES,BOTHVERBALLY
AND NONVERBALLY IN WAYS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE
TO OUR CULTURES AND SITUATIONS.
IT MEANS NOT ONLY BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS OPINIONS
AND DESIRES,BUT ALSO NEEDS AND FEARS.
ALSO BEING ABLE TO ASK FOR ADVICE AND HELP IN THE
TIME OF NEED.

9. INTER PERSONAL SKILL TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND NURTURE SUPPORTIVE
NETWORKS .
TO BE ABLE TO END RELATIONSHIP CONSTRUCTIVELY

10. EMPATHY THE ABILITY TOUNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT OTHERS WHO
ARE DIFFERENT FROM OURSELVES,TO PUT ONESELVES
IN THE OTHER PERSON’S SHOES,THET IS BEING NURTURING
AND TOLERENT.
THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND IMAGINE WHAT LIFE
IS LIKE FOR ANOTHER PERSON.

11. SELF AWARENESS AND SELF ESTEEM
INCLUDES RECOGNITION OF OURSELVES, OF OUR
CHARACTER,OF OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES-
OUR DESIRES AND DISLIKES.
IS CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH SELF RESPECT.
INCLUDES A PROPER REGARD FOR ONESELF AS A
HUMAN BEING AND AN ACCURATE SENSE OF ONE’S
PERSONAL PLACE WITHIN THE LARGE SOCIETY OF
FAMILY,FRIENDS,ASSOCIATES AND OTHERS.

12. COPING WITH EMOTIONS INVOLVES RECOGNIZING THE EFFECT OF EMITIONS
ON OURSELVES AND OTHERS,BEING AWARE OF
HOW EMOTIONS INFLUENCE BEHAVIORS AND BEING
ABLE TO RESPOND TO EMOTIONS APPROPRIATELY.

13. COPING WITH STRESS INVOLVES RECOGNIZING THE SOURCES OF STRESS IN
OUR LIVES,RECOGNIZING HOW THESE AFFECT US AND
ACTING IN WAYS THAT HELP TO CONTROL OUR LEVELS
OF STRESS.
ALSO LEARNING HOW TO RELAX TO MINIMIZE YOUR
TENSION

14. SCHOOL-AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR LIFE SKILLS
ROLE IN SOCIALIZATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
ACESS TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCES.
EXPERINCED TEACHERS.
HIGH CREDIBILITY WITH TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY.
LONG AND SHORT TERM EVALUATION.

15. LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION-RELEVANCE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
HIV/AIDS
PREGNANCY RATES IN SCHOOLS
TEENAGE SUICIDE RATES
CHILDHOOD PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS.
“….the education of the child shall be directed to the development
Of the child’s personality,talents,mental and physical abilities to their
Fullest potential preparing the child for responsible life in a free society..”

16. THANK YOU