Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies: Home

Abstract:
There are dramatic changes in the global world which causes stress and untold hardships on individual. These dramatic changes which are felt economically are attached to technologies which are impacting on education home life and workplace with various challenges. These challenges calls for ability to cope which can be achieved through the teaching of life skills, which will enable people to cope with stress and frustration being brought about by these challenges. Life skills are psychosocial in nature and intercultural. They cut across every phase of human life. They are interplay of skills which eventually produce powerful behavoural outcomes. This paper globally examines what life skills are, why taught and by who and the importance of life skills to both young and old, in schools, work places and in the community in general. This is with a view to make individuals in societies active, informed and responsible citizens who are bold and are ready to take responsibilities for their actions while contributing to the economic, political and social processes of their communities. The skills of individuals within Nigerian Communities must, therefore, be built through life skill education so as to be able to overcome daily individual challenges as well as societal ones.

Keywords: Life Challenges, Self Fulfillment, Parenting, Life Skill Activities, Life Skills Education

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