IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Shashank Shukla; Dr. Ashwini Narasannavar; Dr. Mubashir Angolkar

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Effectiveness of life skills education on secondary school going children in Belagavi.

Shashank Shukla, Dr. Ashwini Narasannavar, Dr. Mubashir Angolkar

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION– Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Life skill education is one which will fulfill all these for adoptive and positive behaviors. OBJECTIVE– To assess the effect of life skill education on secondary school going children in Belagavi district. METHODOLOGY– An interventional study was done on 9th and 10th grade participants of four government school (2 urban schools and 2 rural schools) in Belagavi district. 279 participants (138 in control group and 141 in experiment group) were selected via complete enumeration sampling technique. RESULT– Decision making shows statistical significance in control group, when compare to pre–test and post–test, where as no statistical significant was found in experiment group. CONCLUSION– Life skills can improve children decision making ability and lead them to live better life with the help of good decision making practices.