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Regardless of their diversity in culture, economic conditions and social and political structures, developing countries share a set of common and well defined goals. The current scenario of adolescent revealed by increased depression, increased suicidal rates, increased drug use is the clear indication of the challenges that adolescents faced. Information overload, mixed messages from media, press, teachers, and family and from society at large add to the confusing scenario of the assimilating young mind. No doubt that they are at risk because they lack social support to seek accurate information and services. Thus providing an experience that would strengthen adolescent's coping abilities to counter environmental stress and disadvantages with which they sometimes have to cope with while experiencing is an essential need. This paper signifies the role of life skills education in fostering sustainable development. In the present paper the researcher stresses on the importance of life skills, life skills education, necessity for reviewing life skills instruction in the curriculum of both countries and the benefits imparting life skills education in Iran and Indian educational system.
Ghasemian et al. (Thu,) studied this question.