Life Skills Of Students Research Articles

Improving the Life Skills of Students of SMK Negeri 1 Barru through Training in Making Liquid Organic Fertilizers

The purpose of this activity is to seek to develop skills and abilities in the manufacture of liquid organic fertilizers as an effort to reduce environmental pollution caused by household waste and industrial waste. Lack of skills in making organic liquid fertilizer from household waste for students is the driving force for the implementation of this training activity. For this reason, this activity will provide training on how to make liquid organic fertilizer from household waste and rotten fruits. The results achieved were in the form of knowledge and skills on how to make organic liquid fertilizer from household waste and rotten fruits by involving students at school. This can be seen from the results of the participants' independent work in producing the final product in the form of liquid organic fertilizer. These students' skills can be seen from the results of independent work in forming attractive and beautiful horticulture plants. The results of the activity are also in the form of enthusiasm and enthusiasm of the students/training participants which can be seen from the presence of the participants and interest in the practice of making organic liquid fertilizer from waste.
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 Tujuan kegiatan ini yaitu hendak mengupayakan pengembangan keterampilan dan kemampuan dalam pembuatan pupuk organik cair sebagai upaya mengurangi pencemaran lingkungan akibat limbah rumah tangga dan limbah industri. Kurangnya keterampilan dalam membuat pupuk cair organik dari limbah rumah tangga bagi siswa menjadi pendorong pelaksanaan kegiatan pelatihan ini. Untuk itu, kegiatan ini akan memberikan pelatihan cara pembuatan pupuk organik cair dari limbah yang berasal dari rumah tangga dan buah-buahan yang busuk. Hasil yang dicapai berupa pengetahuan dan keterampilan cara membuat pupuk cair organik dari limbah rumah tangga dan buah-buahan busuk dengan melibatkan siswa-siswa di sekolah. Hal tersebut tampak dari hasil kerja mandiri peserta dalam menghasilkan produk akhir berupa pupuk organik cair. Keterampilan siswa tersebut tampak dari hasil kerja mandiri dalam membentuk tanaman vertikultur yang menarik dan indah. Hasil kegiatan juga berupa antusiasme dan semangat siswa/ peserta pelatihan yang tampak dari kehadiran peserta dan ketertarikan dalam praktek pembuatan pupuk cair organik dari limbah.

The Development of Life and Career Skills in 21st Century Test for Undergraduate Students

<p style="text-align: justify;">The purposes of this study were to explore factors and indicators of life and career skills and to develop a life and career skills in the 21st century test for undergraduate students. This research employed a mixed-method study adopting an exploratory design: instrument development model to generate research tools. This study was divided into two phases; Phase 1 was to explore factors and indicators of life and career skills in 21st century, by using a qualitative method to analyze relevant documents; Phase 2 was the development of a life and career skills in 21st century test by adopting a quantitative method to collect data from students studying in 12 universities of the north-eastern region of Thailand via the test. In the second phase, the data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) Results revealed that the skills consisted of 6 factors and 35 indicators, and the test comprised 105 items. The quality of the test has been examined by five expertise, the reliability of all test items is acceptable, and all 6 factors demonstrated good construct validity. Factor loadings of six factors were 0.7940 -1.7816. This study can be implemented to measure the life and career skills of undergraduate students in any university to obtain data for establishing a policy and plans for maximizing students’ potential to achieve their careers and a happy living in 21st century after their graduation.</p>

Life Skills of Adolescent Students from Economically Disadvantaged Families in Thailand: A Qualitative Study

This qualitative research aimed to examine life skills regarding coping with the emotions and self-management skills of adolescent students from economically disadvantaged families. Participants were 13 adolescent students (seven males, six females) living in economically disadvantaged families. All had a GPA of at least the average level. Participants were interviewed for 40-60 minutes. After each interview, verbatim transcriptions from the recordings were made. The data analyses were done concurrently with the data collections. Five main themes were identified from the interview transcriptions as following: 1) Self-knowledge and Self-understanding, 2) Recognizing Self-worth, 3) Sense of Life Purpose, 4) Coping with Emotion, and 5) Stress Management. Most students identified only with their negative aspects of self, with only a few of them mentioning the positive aspects of oneself. The students recognized their sense of self-worth or self-esteem that came from either sports activities or competitive events and reported helping others. Most students had no life purpose or life. In addition, the students mentioned their coping strategies to overcome their negative emotions and stresses, such as talking with friends and family members, letting go, and playing sports. Some identified quite limited stress-management strategies, such as punching and separating. This identified the experiences and life skills of adolescent students from families in poverty. This knowledge may be used as a conceptual framework for the development of the appropriate instrument that has limited in Thailand for evaluating life skills for this group of students and life skills programs for students from low-income families.

Provision of curriculum model of student life skills at primary schools of Iran

This research seeks to answer the question about the appropriate model of student life skills at primary schools. A comprehensive questionnaire is designed relying on the academic and industrial experts, the research background and theoretical principles in order to test the hypotheses. The reliability of questionnaire is approved through Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.70). The research results cover the prioritization and importance of indices associated with student life skills, antecedents and consequences, and their tasks. The need for education and establishment of this skill improves the relations in learning.

Соціальна профілактика алкоголізму серед молоді в Україні: перспективи та реалії сьогодення

The article is devoted to a topical issue – prevention of alcoholism among children, families and youth. The authors reveal on the basis of a theoretical analysis of the regulatory framework of Ukraine and international documents on the problem of alcoholism prevention measures that have been taken and implemented in the daily life of Ukrainians. In their article, the authors allocate new resources for such work among social prevention with children, youth, families. The authors propose a 3-level system of social prevention of alcoholism, which shows the purpose and group of effects for each level. This is primary, secondary, tertiary social prevention. Primary social prevention requires information work among children, youth and their families. Secondary social prevention is dedicated to risk groups for alcoholism. Tertiary social prevention is aimed at working with those who already have this negative habit and their family members. For the first time in the theory of social work scientific approaches to social prevention of alcoholism among children, young people and their families are allocated: environmental, social-educational, system, resource. This allowed the authors to identify new resources for social prevention of alcoholism among children, young people and their families in the form of: work with micro- and macro-environment, preventive education of schoolchildren and teaching their life skills in secondary education, systematic social work with families of alcoholics, family strengthening techniques, motivation to deprive this negative habit. Prospects for further research are: development of a curriculum for life skills of students in grades 1-11, preventive education for alcoholism, the state program for the prevention of alcoholism, parental lectures on alcoholism.

Life Skill Education Development Through Project-Based Learning in Distance Learning at MI Al-Falah UM

The Covid-19 pandemic requires student and teacher to do distance learning/online learning to prevent the formation of new cluster of the spread of the Corona virus. Without face-to-face learning, teacher’s role as a facilitator will be minimal. Therefore, teacher must be able to design an appropriate learning activity model to make effective and efficient learning. So that the objective of learning can be achieved optimally. One of them is by focusing home learning activity on life skill education regarding the Covid-19 pandemic through Project-Based Learning (PjBL). Project-Based Learning (PjBL) focuses on encouraging student to create interesting learning experience by thinking creatively and working together to create real project to solve problem faced through: (1) personal skill, equip the student in identifying various problems faced during the Covid-19 pandemic through various information; (2) academic skill, equip the student to make academic procedure to solve problem during the Covid-19 pandemic; (3) social skill, enable the student to communicate problem with social environment so that they can find a formula for solving their environment problem; (4) vocational skill, make skilled student in solving problem with the product that they created. This is where Project-Based Learning (PjBL) developed by MI Al-Falah UM during the Covid-19 pandemic is able to improve students’ life skills during distance learning.

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek Terhadap Keterampilan Berpikir Kreatif Dan Life Skill Siswa Pada Materi Jamur Di Smk Ponpes Abu Manshur Cirebon

The problem of this research is how the influence of project-based learning models on students' creative thinking skills and life skills in the subject of fungi. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the application of project-based learning models on students' creative thinking skills and life skills in the subject of fungi. The research method used a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group. The population in this study was all students of class X at SMK Ponpes Abu Manshur Cirebon in the academic year 2019/2020, with a purposive sampling technique used to select 50 students. Data collection techniques included tests, observation, and questionnaires. The results of this study are: (1) Students' creative thinking skills in the subject of fungi increased through the application of the project-based learning model, as evidenced by a significant difference in creative thinking skills between the experimental class and the control class with a probability value (p) of 0.001 0.05. (2) There was no significant difference in students' life skills through the application of the project-based learning model in the subject of fungi with a p-value of 0.083 0.05.

UPAYA PERSATUAN PELAJAR KELUARGA BESAR MUSTHAFAWIYAH SIBANGGOR JAE DALAM MENINGKATKAN LIFE SKILL SANTRI DI PONDOK PESANTREN MUSTHAFAWIYAH PURBA BARU

The formulation of the problem in this research is what are the life skills of the students in the association, what are the efforts made, and what are the obstacles faced by the big family student association of Musthafawiyah Sibanggor Jae in improving the life skills of students at the Musthafawiyah Purba Baru Islamic Boarding School. This study aims to determine what the students' life skills are, the efforts made, and the obstacles faced by the Musthafawiyah Sibanggor Jae's big family student association in improving the life skills of students at the Musthafawiyah Purba Baru Islamic Boarding School. This study uses a qualitative exploratory approach. The informants studied in this study were the entire organizational structure of the student association of the Musthafawiyah Sibanggor Jae, totaling 12 people. This research concludes that there are four life skills in the Musthafawiyah Sibanggor Jae big family association, namely poetry, speeches, recitation of the Quran, and barzanji. The life skills that are formed in this association are life skills that are special, namely vocational skills, vocational skills are skills related to the skills to do a job that you want to be engaged in. The efforts made by the Musthafawiyah Sibanggor Jae big family student association in improving the life skills of students, namely: First, the discipline of the students is running well, this can be seen from the punctuality of the members and also from the attendance or attendance of the members in increasing the activities that have been determined in the union. Second, the exercises are carried out on a schedule according to what has been determined in the union. Third, motivation by giving gifts, rewards, praise and punishment. Meanwhile, there are two factors faced by the student association of Musthafawiyah Sibanggor Jae in improving the life skills of the students, namely: internal factors, the number of students who talk and are cool telling stories when their friends deliver the contents of poetry, speeches, and recitation of Quran recitations, lack of activity students in participating in activities, lack of interest and motivation of students in developing their potential. External factors that come from outside the students, namely the union staff, the inability of the union staff to motivate the students / members, the lack of good cooperation among the union staff, so that sometimes it is thought that activities in improving the life skills of the students are only the responsibility of the chairman of the association.

Pemberian Terapi Murotal Al Qur�an pada Peserta Didik SLBN 2 Palangka Raya untuk Meningkatkan Kecakapan Hidup

The provision of Murotal Al Qur'an therapy aims to improve the life skills of students at SLBN 2 Palangka Raya as it is known that the Al Qur'an is a guide for the life of Muslims. The results of the research show that listening to the Murotal Al Qur'an can have a calming effect on the listener so that it can improve the quality of sleep for children with mental disabilities who have difficulty sleeping. Apart from psychological effects, physiological effects are also felt by using Murotal Al Qur'an therapy. In general, giving Murotal Al Qur'an Surat Ar Rahman therapy to students at SLBN 2 Palangka Raya has a calming effect. Some students tend to be active, like walking around in the room. Some may be asked to sit and listen to the chanting of the verses of QS Ar Rahman. Some of them prefer to be active, touch or hold objects in the school prayer room that attracts their attention. Some take the prayer mat and perform the prayer movements.

Impact of peer support training program on social and life skills for university students

Impact of peer support training program on social and life skills for university students

Pengembangan Kemampuan Life Skills Siswa dengan Penerapan Model Problem Based Learning

This research aims to improve one of the student's life skills using Problem Based Learning (PBL) model. It applied a classroom action research design (PTK) which was carried out for three cycles. The PBL model used in this study is integrated into Civics subjects by looking at the accompanying impact, not the instructional impact of Civics learning. This study implemented observation as the instrument of research. Through not only the result of the observation sheet from the student direct life skills aspects which the action research was carried out but also observe the teacher activity using the PBL model and the student responses in using those aforementioned model. The technique used to analyze the data is divided into two techniques that are both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The results showed that the application of the PBL model could not develop the students' life skills aspects.

The degree to which high school students apply life skills gained from family education subject outside of school hours: درجة تطبيق طالبات المرحلة الثانوية للمهارات الحياتية المكتسبة من مادة التربية الأسرية خارج ساعات الدراسة من وجهة نظر أولياء الأمور

This study aimed to identify the degree of application of secondary school student's life skills acquired from family education outside the hours of study from the perspective of parents in Saudi Arabia, to achieve the objective of the study, the researcher adopted the descriptive analytical approach. In the current semester of the academic year 1440 AH - 1441 AH. The researcher used a questionnaire as a data collection tool to achieve the study goal. The questionnaire included 26 items divided into four areas: communication and communication skills, problem solving skills, academic skills, and critical thinking skills... the most important results reached by the researcher: The degree of application of secondary school students for life skills acquired from family education outside of school hours from the point of view of parents came to a medium degree and the support rate of 54.17%, where The highest score for the application of secondary school students for life skills acquired from family education outside the school hours from the point of view of parents was in the "communication and communication skills" with a moderate degree of support and 55%, while the lowest score for the application of secondary school students for life skills To gain from the family education outside the school hours from the viewpoint of parents was in (critical thinking skills) with a medium degree of support 53.1%. In the light of the results of the study, the researcher recommended that the Ministry of Education should pay attention to the subject of family education because of its impact on the lives of students, especially secondary school students in the situations they direct outside school hours. In addition, making decisions.

THE USE OF ACTIVE WORK FORMS IN THE INCULCATING THE LIFE SKILLS AMONG YOUNGER STUDENTS

The experience of using active forms of work in inculcating life skills in students in the primary grades of secondary schools was widely analyzed in the article. The types of lessons are classified, in which the essence of the types of active lessons is clarified. It is noted that it is possible to achieve the formation of students' life skills through the use of active forms of work in the learning process organized for all types of modern lessons. For this, it is necessary to create motivation in the course of an active lesson, to use problem situations. We know that training mainly motivates thinking. Setting a task for students motivates them to think and creates conditions for the formation of their thinking. By solving the problem, children develop positive emotions and enthusiasm for learning. The use of the active work forms in the inculcation of life skills also creates the basis for enhancing students' cognitive activity. In this regard, it is also important to perform problematic tasks. Thus, creating the basis for the acquisition of new knowledge and creating conditions for active understanding of knowledge plays a key role in the implementation of problematic tasks. The article summarizes the use of interactive teaching methods, and also focuses on the main aspects of the activity process of the primary school teachers. Thus, the article reflects the use of active forms of work in the process of teaching the subject "life knowledge" in the disclosure of life skills of students.

STUDI IMPLEMENTASI MANAJEMEN KURIKULUM BERBASIS KECAKAPAN HIDUP (LIFE SKILLS) SISWA SD IT AL-FITRAH BINJAI

This study aims to analyze the curriculum management of life skills of students in SD IT Al-Fitrah Binjai, starting from the planning, implementation, and evaluation processes. This research is a quantitative descriptive study, by taking the location of research at SD IT Al-Fitrah Binjai. Data collection techniques using observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that: (1) life skills curriculum management planning, including determining the education of skills to be carried out, conducting socialization, setting goals, distributing questionnaires, determining the time of implementation, selected skills education curriculum, preparing infrastructure; (2) the implementation of the development of students' life skills programs is divided into four main things, namely reorienting learning by integrating life skills programs through curricular, extracurricular and intracuricular activities; (3) the evaluation of the education program is in accordance with the target vision, mission and goals through evaluation per semester conducted by all the board of teachers together with the headmaster of madrasas and annual evaluations carried out by the headmaster, the madrasah committee found that the application of life skills-based curriculum in primary schools was not yet optimally implemented.

وحدة مقترحة فی القیاس قائمة على أنشطة التوکاتسو الیابانیة لتنمیة بعض المهارات الحیاتیة الریاضیاتیة لدى تلامیذ المرحلة الابتدائیة

تمثلت مشکلة البحث في وجود ضعف و قصور في مستوى المهارات الحياتية الرياضياتية لدى تلاميذ المرحلة الابتدائية ، بسبب ضعف استخدام الأنشطة التعليمية المرتبطة بواقع الحياة اليومية للتلاميذ بالفصل و المدرسة کمجتمع صغير ، و هدف البحث إلى استقصاء فاعلية وحدة مقترحة في القياس قائمة على أنشطة التوکاتسو اليابانية في تنمية المهارات الحياتية الرياضياتية ( حل المشکلات – التفکير الناقد – التخطيط – الثقة بالنفس ) لدى تلاميذ المرحلة الابتدائية ،و اعتمد البحث على استخدام المنهج شبه التجريبي و التصميم التجريبي ذو المجموعتين و القياس القبلي و البعدي ، وتکونت عينة البحث من مجموعة من تلاميذ الصف الرابع الابتدائي قسمت إلى مجموعتين : الأولى تجريبية و درست القياس بالوحدة المقترحة القائمة على أنشطة التوکاتسو اليابانية ، و المجموعة الثانية ضابطة و درست وحدة القياس المقررة بالکتاب المدرسي ، و استخدم البحث اختبارا للمهارات الحياتية الرياضياتية العقلية و مقياس للثقة بالنفس کمهارة ذاتية ، و توصل البحث إلى أن استخدام الوحدة المقترحة القائمة على أنشطة التوکاتسو اليابانية تحقق فاعلية کبيرة في تنمية المهارات الحياتية الرياضياتية ( حل المشکلات – التفکير الناقد – التخطيط – الثقة بالنفس ) لدى تلاميذ الصف الرابع الابتدائي ، و أوصى البحث بأهمية دمج أنشطة التوکاتسو اليابانية في مناهج الرياضيات بالمرحلة الابتدائية لتنمية مهارات حياتية أخرى غير المتضمنة بالبحث الحالي ، کما قدم البحث مجموعة من المقترحات المستقبلية في ضوء النتائج التي توصل اليها . Abstract: A Proposed Unit of Measurement Based on Japanese Tokkatsu Activities to Develop some Mathematical Life Skills for Primary Stage Students By Dr. Fatma Abd- Elsalam Abo Elhadid, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Port-Said University. The problem of the present research is that there is a weakness and deficiency in the mathematical life skills of primary stage students, due to the poor use of educational activities related to the realities of students' daily life in classroom and school as a small community. Therefore, the aim of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of a proposed unit in measurement based on Japanese Tokkatsu activities to develop mathematical life skills (problem solving - critical thinking - planning - self-confidence) of primary stage students. To achieve the research's aim, the researcher used the quasi- experimental design based on pre / post assessment of two groups. The sample was selected at random from fourth grade primary stage students and was divided into an experimental group which studied measurement in the proposed unit based on Japanese Tokkatsu activities, and a control group which studied the unit of measurement Prescribed by the textbook. The researcher utilized a test of mental mathematical life skills and a scale of self-confidence As a subjective skill. The researcher found that the use of a proposed unit based on Japanese Tokkatsu activities is very effective in developing mathematical life skills (problem solving - critical thinking - planning - self-confidence) of fourth grade primary stage students. The researcher recommended the importance of integrating Japanese Tokkatsu activities in mathematics curriculum of the primary stage to develop other life skills not included in the current research. Furthermore, the researcher presented some future suggestions in the light of the research's findings

PERBANDINGAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN SCAFOLDING DAN ARTIKULASI TERHADAP KECAKAPAN HIDUP DENGAN MEMPERHATIKAN EMOTIONAL QUESTION SISWA

Students who lack life skills will tend to be difficult to achieve success. This study aims to determine the comparison of life skills of students whose learning uses Scaffolding and Articulation learning models by paying attention to students' Emotional Quetions (EQ). The research method used was quasi-experimental with a comparative approach. The research design used is treatment by level. The subjects in this study were students of class VIII MTs NU 5 Sekampung East Lampung. Testing the hypothesis of this study used a two-way variance analysis formula and two independent sample t-tests. The results of this study indicate (1) There are differences in life skills between students whose learning uses the Scaffolding and Articulation models in Integrated Social Studies subjects, (2) Life skills whose learning using the Scaffolding model is higher than using the Articulation model for students who have Emotional Quetions ( EQ) is high, (3) Life skills learning using the Articulation model is higher than using Scaffolding models for students who have low Emotional Quetions (EQ), (4) There is an interaction between the use of learning models and Emotional Quetions (EQ) on life skills .

336 Integration of teaching and extension of companion animal biology and nutrition

Abstract Students have a strong desire for hands on experiences during their undergraduate careers. This can be accomplished through combining teaching with extension to provide students with new experiences. Many students chose Animal Science because they had experiences with extension programs when younger and they have a desire to help animals. Utilizing undergraduate students in community outreach programs provides an opportunity for students to develop critical skills required for employment, but also provides a broader reach of companion animal extension programs. A variety of creative activities can be utilized to improve student learning and gain experiences outside of the classroom. Extension or outreach programs allow for opportunities for students to develop leadership skills. Undergraduate students serving as instructors in 4-H and other youth programs can provide both an impact on the education of the youth involved, but also develop a deeper understanding of materials. Undergraduate students can be involved in teaching health care, nutrition, and other topics related to companion animals to youth audiences. Examples of successful programs include student organized dog training courses, service-learning projects through humane societies or animal rescues, student involvement in feral cat control programs, and student assistance with spay/neuter programs. These activities can support student-learning outcomes as well as provide a valuable community service. During the process, the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle should be used to promote student development. This cycle includes a concrete experience, reflection, conceptualization, and active experimentation. Students must reflect on their experiences, consider how it could be improved, how it relates to their future careers and educational experience, and propose areas of improvement to gain the most from their experiences. Measuring the impacts of these activities on student learning and life skills, as well as community implications, will be critical to evaluation of the success of the programs.

Effects of Pedagogical Leadership on The Student Achievements at Secondary Level

This research was conducted to examine the influential role of pedagogical leadership in the secondary schools of Lahore, Pakistan. The central premise of this research was to ascertain the effects of pedagogical leadership on the life achievements of students at secondary level which they carried up to the college. The main focus was how school principals and teachers play their role as pedagogical leaders to prepare students for academic achievements and life achievements. A quantitative survey was held to conduct this study. Data was collected from student of intermediate enrolled in different colleges in the arts, science and commerce programs of the Higher Secondary School Certificate by Lahore Board, Pakistan. Six public and private colleges of Lahore (male and female) which enroll students with high academic achievements were targeted. Data was collected from 600 students using cluster sampling and each targeted college was taken as a cluster. Descriptive and inferential analyses were used to determine the relationships among various constructs of pedagogical leadership of secondary school teachers and principals used for inculcating lifelong learning skills in students and promoting the self-efficacy beliefs of achievement. The study concludes that pedagogic leadership roles played by principals and teachers are of equal importance; however, pedagogic leadership provided by principals is more effective in supportive and managerial roles. On the other hand, teachers’ pedagogic leadership is realized in their professional commitment exhibited in everyday teaching and learning. The study also identifies certain gaps in the achievement of 21st century life skills of students which are vital for survival and sustainability in the current era.

Determining the Opinions of Special Education Teachers Regarding the Use of Assistive Technologies for Overcoming Reading Difficulties

Reading is one of the basic skills that the students’ need to achieve, however, it is also one of the important competencies that is essential for reaching knowledge. Reading difficulty is a main problem that many teachers are coming across in their classrooms. Students’ with reading disabilities not only hinder the teachers’ flow of the lesson it also hinders the development of the students life skills. With the revolution of the technology in the 21ST century, assistive technologies are seen to be applied into the education settings at all levels and in all fields. Therefore, teachers are in need to know about the available technology and special technology programs in order to help their students facing difficulties in acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills. Technological enrichment of teachers' educational environment both facilitates and helps them to motivate students more easily. Technology support into the educational environments of the students with reading difficulties can improve their reading skills and enable them to succeed in reading and comprehending. The present study sought to determine the opinions of special education teachers’ regarding using assistive technology for students with reading difficulties. The research design is based on the qualitative case study design with purposeful sampling and easily accessible sampling technique. Researchers developed semi-structured interview form for data collection applied content analysis to analyze the collected data. The analysis of the study found that teacher opinions towards assistive technology usage for overcoming students’ reading difficulties are rather moderate. However, teachers’ general opinions about assistive technology utilization is promising and developing gradually.

A Review of the National Education Policy of the Government of India - The Need for Data and Dynamism in the 21st Century

The call for feedback on the National Education Policy by the Government of India in 2019 is a historical opportunity for citizens given that since it was last reviewed 20 years ago. While the policy review process and format of feedback is promising in addressing issues that the Indian education system has been grappling with for decades, it has shortcomings when it comes to addressing student learning environments, equality of education, teacher training and continuous learning. My seven recommendations are inspired not only by my observations as a 12th standard student, who has studied for over 16 years in the Indian educational system but also by my exposure to the power of big data which I gained working on a research paper on the Aspirational District Program (ADP) at NITI Aayog. My recommendations focus on the school K-12 sector incorporating suggestions of surveying class and school factors which could affect which examination results, baseline ranking of schools across parameters for better awareness of infrastructure and teaching facilities, standardise teacher training, focus on teaching student life skills through experiential learning and subject diversity, review effectiveness of different education systems in India, enhancing and propogating vocational skills education and supporting accountability and transparency initiatives.