Life Skills among Senior Secondary School Students of Jaipur District

Adolescence is a critical transitional period between playful childhood and responsible adulthood. Largenumbers of changes in physical, psychological and social domains of life are present at this time. Life skills education can facilitate adolescent‘s practices and reinforcepsychosocial skills in a culturally and developmentally appropriate way; it contributes to the promotion of personal and social development, the prevention of health and social problems, and the protection of human rights in young peoples. Life skills education promotes mental well-being in young people and equips themto face the realities of life. The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of Life Skills Education subject among 11th grade students of Government Senior Secondary School of Jaipur district. Life Skills Education is a compulsory subject offered in eleventh standard; therefore 400 students were randomly selected from 16 Government Senior Secondary School of Jaipur District in Rajasthan. The data was collected by using the Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS). Pre-test and post-test method was used for data collection. Results depict that there is a significant difference in LSE in pre and post-test phases. Students‘ scores were better in post-test as compare to pre-test, thus it is concluded that over the period of six months the learners Life Skills were improved. In post-test phase students moved from low scores categories to high scores categories. Maximum improvement was noticed in interpersonal relationship skill and minimum was observed in problem solving skill. Correlation results show that many skills are correlated but yet coping with stress skill needs more individual attention as it does not reflect good correlation.