A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS TOWARDS LIFE-SKILLS IN RELATION TO SELECTED VARIABLES
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17839247Keywords:
Higher Secondary, Life-Skills, Students, Covid-19Abstract
Introduction: Life-skills are a set of abilities, attitudes and socio-emotional competencies that enable individuals to learn, make informed decisions, exercise rights to lead to healthy and productive life and subsequently become agents of change.
Objectives:
- To study the difference of the life-skills of higher secondary students on the basis of habitat (urban and rural areas).
- To study the difference of the life-skills of higher secondary students on the basis of their streams (science, commerce and humanities).
- To study the difference of the life-skills of higher secondary students on the basis of their gender (boys and girls).
Methodology: 300 higher secondary students of twelve higher secondary schools of Kolkata and South 24 Parganas Districts were taken as sample through stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire on Life-Skill Education of the students was used to collect the data. SPSS 16 version was used for the data analysis.
Findings: 1. The urban and rural areas differs variety on their attitudes towards life skills education. 2. The attitudes of the science, commerce and humanities streams are equally homogenous. 3. The boys and girls and also differs variety on their attitudes towards life skills education.
Conclusion: This study provides significant information to know actual scenario of life-skills education in the school and impact in society. The findings of the study could be used in all the higher secondary schools in West Bengal for better life-skills education. This study could help and encourage the Government in imparting life- skills education among the students effectively.
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