A Study on Life Skill of Senior Secondary Students

Abstract

A life skill refers to the set of skills that enable us to effectively handle issues commonly encountered in daily life. A student acquires these skills through by education and their direct experiences in day to day life. In everyday life, the development of life skills helps students to: Find new ways of thinking and problem solving. The life skills help to adolescents to gain new ways of learning as well as control over their behavior and to take informed decision that can lead to positive values. The aim of the present study was the see the life skills (all dimension of life skills) among senior secondary students . The sample of this study was selected randomly 100 students studying in government and private schools in sonepat district. Life skill Scale – Developed by M.N.Vranda (2009) tool was used for the collection of data in n the present study. The data were analyzed by employing mean, SD and ‘t- test..After data analysis this study found that there was significance difference between boys and girls students on level of life skills. Female students have mean more than male students of all dimension of life skill i.e decising making , problem solving , Empathy, Self Awareness, Communication Skill, Interpersonal Relationship, Coping with Emotions, Coping with Stress, Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking.