Author: Prabin Chettri
Abstract: The goal of education is to foster growth in both people and communities. Life Skills Education as defined by the UNICEF (2005) is “a behaviour change or behaviour development approach designed to address a balance of areas; knowledge, attitude and skills.” Life Skills education is a programme that promotes positive health choice, making informed decisions, practicing health behaviour, recognizing and avoiding risky situations and behaviour. Life skills education is the dissemination and teaching of relevant knowledge, Attitudes, values and social and psychological skills to an individual to enable him/her develop their full potentials. The purpose of this research is to evaluate how different demographics, such as gender, academic standing, and region, influence teachers’ perspectives towards life skill education. For this purpose, the researcher has taken sample of 60 teachers from 4 secondary schools from Namchi, Sikkim. “Data were collected by self-developed questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 36 items with the response of 1= strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Agree and 4= Strongly agree. Collected data were analyzed in SPSS 20 version software. Descriptive statistics and t test have used for hypothesis testing”. Findings of the study indicate that there is no significant difference in the attitude towards life skill education in respect of gender, category and living place.
Keywords: Living Place, Teaching, Life Skill Education, Secondary School Teachers.
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