LIFE SKILLS AMONG TRIBAL ADOLESCENTS

The present research was undertaken to study the level of life skills among tribal adolescents and investigate gender difference in life skills. Descriptive survey method was employed for conducting this investigation. A total of 315 tribal adolescents of the age group (12 to 15 years) and 325 tribal adolescents of the age group of 16 to 18 years from different high schools situated in tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh were selected by adopting incidental sampling technique. Data were collected with the help of adapted version of Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS) developed by Nair, Subasree and Ranjan (2010). Mean, S.D. and t-test were used for analysis of data. The findings of the study revealed that tribal boys and girls possessed almost similar level of thinking skills, social skills, emotional skills and overall life skills. It was concluded that the tribal adolescents i.e. both boys as well as girls possessed low level of thinking skills and average level of social skills as well as emotional skills. The educational implications have been discussed at the end of the research paper