DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS THROUGH EDUCATION FOR AN IDEAL SOCIETY

An educated person is related with having a certain command of a curriculum, and knowledge of theories and facts from various disciplines. But this is not right. Being an educated person means that individual is equipped with traits and skill such as problem solving skills, emotional health, social skills, Life skills?that allows him/her to contribute meaningfully to society and to succeed in their public lives, workplaces, homes, and other societal contexts. Life skills are abilities, individuals can learn that will help them to live a fruitful life.Teachers in school should take up the responsibility of developing life skills of the students in order to prepare better students for this new century. An experimental research was carried out to study the effectiveness of Co-operative learning strategies on development of Life skills -empathy and interpersonal Relationship. Cooperative learning strategies were found to be very effective in developing empathy and Interpersonal skills in the pupils. If life skills are developed right from the childhood years, the society will surely have good citizens in future years to come. Strategies to develop the life skills in the pupils need to be developed and adopted in classroom. Promoting efficient life skills training programme in schools would thereby be an ode to the youth in the country. It would be a way of empowering youth to build their lives and their dreams. It would be a means of handholding them through the critical stages in their life and helping them tap their potential to the fullest. Thereby, it is hoped that the current education system with its oppressive rigidity would open up and make life skills education a part of its mainstream curriculum. This would enable the country to build individuals who believe in themselves, who are efficient leaders and administrators, who are able to understand their potentials and achieve them. The achievement of these goals will lead to a healthier and more fulfilling existence, further emphasizing the importance of the ideal society.