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Abstract
Education occupies a strategic position in India’s development priorities. United Nations
Organisation (UNO) focused on Sustainable Development Goals (2017), amongst the 17
goals aimed by UNO, education occupied 4th place in SDG, those are ““By 2030, to ensure
that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education
leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes”. In addition to acquire education,
the students’ horizontal development and national development in four dimensions
(Physically, Emotionally, Socially and Spiritually). The first initaitive of the Life Skills
appraoch to education was embedded in ‘Basic Education program ’(1937-61) or the Wardha
Scheme of Education, to enable learners to be a matured ones to face life situations and be
useful for the society to go forward in all areas (Personal development, Human development,
Economic development and social development –SAGY, Government of India(2014)). Life
skills lesson may start with a teacher exploring with the students what their ideas or
knowledge is about a particular situation in which a life skill can be used. The Ottawa
Charter for Health Promotion (1986) recognized life skills for improving health of the
children. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) linked life skills to
education as education is the only way of teaching and training something to someone. Many
studies identified and found that youngsters lack the ability to seek the support and reinforce
the life skills, because of traditional mechanisms (i.e. family and cultural factors) for
inculcating life skills, the media influence and effects of growing up of cultural and ethnicdiversity. Also the expectations of individuals and their parents’ expectations don’t match
(WHO, 1997). Many students (Youth) are unable to utilize their potential to the maximum
extent due to various reasons. The cut-throat competition, unemployment, lack of job
security, external pressures (parents’ aspirations, criticisms from others, neighbors) are some
of the major concerns for the educated and as a result, they are caught in the mad race
(Prajapati, Sharma,B., Sharma,D., 2017). Some of the youngsters were unable get proper
training and foundations. The program of Life Skills Education is for the promotion of health
and well being of all children(CBSE). The teaching of Life Skills helps to prevent anti social
activities and behavior like substance abuse etc. (Botvin et.al. 1984, Penz,1983). Present
paper focuses on the importance of life skills education and the benefits of imparting life skill
education among students to enable their potentials within the lines of Critical Pedagogy.
Keywords:
Life Skills Education, Development, Aspirations
Cite Article:
"YOUTH AND LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION: A CRITICAL REVIEW ", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.e543-e548, June-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2306463.pdf
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