INTERACTION EFFECT OF COGNITIVE LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAMME AND GENDER OF MARGANALIZED STUDENTS’ ON THEIR DECISION – MAKING

School as a formal agency of education plays an important role in developing an effective personality. Imparting life skills education along with school education can change the views of students about life. Essential life skills will help enhance a child's personality and strengthen their knowledge in all settings.Life skills education can be seen as empowering children and thus enabling them to take more responsibility for their actions (Orley, 1997). Incorporating Life skills into the fabric of our educational system can equip every child with the necessary tools to deal with the challenges confidently in the 21st century and craft out a triumphant life. The present study aims to ascertain the interactive effect of life skills education program and gender on decision making among marginalized students of standard eighth. For this purpose, an intervention program on life skills education was prepared. The programme was of 25 to 29 hours. The aim of the research was to ascertain the interactive effect of the intervention programme and gender of marginalized students on their decision – making.The Total sample of the study was 320 students. 173 students were in experimental and 147 students in the control group respectively. The conclusion of the study was that the intervention programme was found to be effective in enhancing decision- making skill and gender of marginalized students. The decision- making of marginalized students was not influencedby gender.