Abstract
In the age of rapid globalization, industrialization, economic liberalization, expansion of information technology and rise in consumerism, the children and especially adolescents are exposed to lot of psycho social issues. Adolescents aged 10–19 years constitute about one-fourth of India’s population and young people aged 10–24 years about one-third of the population. This large cohort of young people represents a great demographic dividend with the potential to contribute to India’s economic growth and development. Violence and hostility are the hall marks of day today living and women and children are the worst affected section of the society. Changes in social, moral, cultural and religious values have made life stressful for children especially for adolescents. This can be observed in the rise of crime and suicide rates etc. Stress faced by children and adolescents are enormous and life skills are essentially those abilities that help to promote mental well-being and competence in young people for to challenge the diversities and ensure their empowerment. In order to realize this potential to the fullest, young people must be healthy, educated and equipped with information skills and confidence that would enable them to contribute to their communities and the country’s socio-economic growth. In the present paper the investigator goes through the importance of life skills, various life skills and adolescent’s empowerment through the life skills based education.
Highlights
In the age of rapid globalization, industrialization, economic liberalization, expansion of information technology and rise in consumerism, the children and especially adolescents are exposed to lot of psycho social issues
In India, myriad social, economic, and health factors may undermine the ability of adolescents to lead full and productive lives. This is of particular concern given the sheer number of young people in India—an estimated 31% (358 million) of national population is aged between [10-24] years and almost 19.6% comprise of [10- 19] year olds Adolescents (236.5 million) (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India 2011)
Life Skills Education is known as ‘vaccine for mind’ and ‘vaccine for life’ because it will help the adolescents and youth to prevent the occurrence of many psychosocial problems which they may encounter in future life
Summary
In the age of rapid globalization, industrialization, economic liberalization, expansion of information technology and rise in consumerism, the children and especially adolescents are exposed to lot of psycho social issues. Life skills empower young people to take positive action to protect them and promote health and positive social relationships. One is able to explore alternatives, weigh pros and cons and make rational decisions in solving each problem or issue as it arises. It helps adolescents to understand their self and to assess their skills, abilities and areas of development.
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