The Value of Life Skills in Higher Education

Higher education is precarious to India's aspirations of evolving as a major player in the global knowledge economy. The global competitiveness of Indian industry and also its employment generation potential is clearly dependent on availability of required skills and trained personnel. Higher education should be both affordable and accessible to all. Emphasizes need to be given for greater adaptability in the higher education system so that it continues to provide the needed skills and trained workforce. Improving the skill development of stakeholders in higher education would contribute substantially to placing higher education as the foremost pillar on which our society is built. The academic world has serious doubts about where our society is going in many respects. However, the students going through higher education become the citizens who determine the nature of our society. Thus, higher education has a crucial opportunity to affect the future of our society through substantially improving the skill development of our citizens. The life skills approach is an interactive educational style that focuses on more than just information. To have an impact on behavior, information-based approaches need to be combined with attitudinal and interpersonal skills, known as 'life skills' that should aid to improve the changing of behavior. The life skills help learners to know and understand themselves better, live life more consciously and deliberately, attain personal satisfaction and fulfillment, and achieve their goals, personally and academically. Thus, this paper stresses the significance of life skills and life skill based education in improving the Quality of life. And understanding "The Value of Life Skills in Higher Education"