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Role of Life Skill Education in Mitigating the Crisis Faced by People Owing to Covid 19 Pandemic

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TREND IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 6 (3): 2157-2161 (March 2022)

Abstract

Life Skills Education is a form of education that focuses on cultivating personal life skills such as self reflection, critical thinking, problem solving and interpersonal skills. The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund UNICEF defines life skills based education as basically being behaviour change or behaviour development. Generally the term life skills refers to a group of psycho social and interpersonal skills which can help people make informed decisions, communicate effectively, and think critically. Life skills are empowering skills that enable people to cope with the changes and challenges of life. Strengthening life skills helps students to meet the challenges and risks, maximize opportunities and solve problems in co operative, non violent ways. At present life skill education may appear as a very important non pharmaceutical instrument to fight against COVID 19. In the light of this, people are becoming habituated with this new normal situation owing to pandemic with their basic skills of life and knowledge and it can be done in a very systematic manner through life skill education. The entire globe is going through the under crisis, Where the unemployment, lack of job security, anxiety, mental Illness, etc. due to the COVID 19 pandemic. This new challenge requires immediate and effective responses from a socially responsible system of education. However, it has been felt that life skills education bridges the gap between basic functioning and capabilities. It strengthens the ability of an individual to meet the needs and demands of the present society and helps in dealing with the above issues in a manner to get desired behavior practical. Imparting life skill training through inculcating life skill education will help people to overcome such difficulties in life. The present discourse will focus on the above mentioned issue through the article entitled as “ROLE OF LIFE SKILL EDUCATION IN MITIGATING THE CRISIS FACED BY PEOPLE OWING TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC” Suman Basu "Role of Life Skill Education in Mitigating the Crisis Faced by People Owing to Covid-19 Pandemic" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49927.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/49927/role-of-life-skill-education-in-mitigating-the-crisis-faced-by-people-owing-to-covid19-pandemic/suman-basu

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