A STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF LIFE SKILL MODULES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

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Life skills are defined as the human capabilities necessary for positive behavior. These skills equip the adolescents to behave properly and also enable them to remain outside the daily conflicts, entangled relationships and peer pressures. Development of life skills is strongly affected by factors like family environment, school environment and socio-economic status. The basic and most important environmental factor which affects the life skills is the family environment because family is the place where a young one spends most of his/her time. Consciously and unconsciously family environment affects the attitude, aptitude, personality and self-confidence of child. School is the second most important influence after home. The school environment is not only responsible for providing academic qualifications but also enriches the learning experiences regarding behavior in social setting and prepares them for solving day to day life problems. Healthy school environment is very important for all round development of the adolescents. Socio-economic status (SES) also affects the development of life skills among adolescents. Socio-economic status is determined by income, level of education and occupation. Children from lower income families have much less chances to succeed in life as compared to middle income families. The present investigation is aimed at studying the impact of family environment, school environment and socio-economic status on development of life skills among senior secondary school students in relation to locale, gender and government and private schools.

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