A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND NON-VOCATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KERALA

Life skills occur over the developmental period of one's life. Growth and development are the two important tasks of childhood. Growth is physical and mainly observed as increase in height, weight and appearance of age related changes in the body. Development, on the other hand, is more complex and involves mastering those characteristics and tasks, which help one to grow into an adult who has good self-esteem, is socially integrated, faces changes and challenges, copes and adapts to conflicts and stress. Acquiring the life skills is very important in one's life. It help the students to make formal decisions, solve problems, think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, build healthy relationships, empathies with others and manage their live in a healthy and productive manner. The objective of the present study was to compare life skill on vocational and non vocational higher secondary schools of Kerala. In this present study, from the data analysis of both the percentage analysis and the test of significance of difference between means are used. The investigator arrived at the conclusion that the vocational higher secondary students are comparatively better in their life skills.