17th October, 2022
Education in today’s scenario needs to develop with the changing dynamics of the world. Do you ever think your child is well taught in school to face the real world? A child must learn the skills required for facing the real world. Life skills education is essential because it leads one to deal with different situations at different times and imparts courage and confidence to achieve any goal. These skills are used for practical implications in the real world and are not just theory.
WHO defines life skills as the “ability for adaptive and positive behavior that enables an individual to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life.” Life Skill Education, defined by UNICEF, is “a behavior change or development approach to address a balance of three areas; knowledge, attitude, and skills.” In simple words, an individual needs specific skills, such as social and personal skills, to interact with the outside world. Skill-based learning is where the students are taught a specific skill that allows them to achieve practical knowledge.
We live in a new world where education is not enough, but specific personality development skills are required to grow in life. Since a child spends the maximum time of the day in school, there must be an education system that teaches skills for developing a child’s personality, and what better way to include it in the child’s curriculum? A child needs to learn skills early as it brings out the positive effect and is much needed at this point.
We live in a competitive world where everyone wants to be number one. While a child only focuses on studies to score the highest academic marks, he eventually lacks skills that could develop his personality and help the child in the future race. Skill-based education system ensures that a child learns life skills and gains knowledge, both included in the same curriculum.
ADVANTAGES
Skill education prepares learners for jobs based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non–academic and related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation. The board has taken charge of empowering school students with essential life and employability skills. The curriculum provided by the CBSC for skill education comprises topics and subjects to be covered during the course of study during an academic year. It offers 19 skill subjects at the secondary level and 39 skill subjects at the senior secondary level to upgrade the proficiency of the young generation and provide them awareness to explore various options.
Syllabus
List of Skill Subjects offered by the Board in Middle School (VI/VII/VIII)
List of Skill Subjects offered by the Board at Secondary Level (IX & X)
List of Skill Subjects offered by the Board at Senior Secondary Level (XI & XII)
A skill-based education system can prepare you to build a professional personality for a better future. Listed below are a few essential skills that are learned during the curriculum:
Observation makes you understand things and learn from reality. The teachers demonstrating scientific concepts can be observed by the student and help in better understanding.
Critical thinking skills help in making decisions throughout your curriculum and even in the future when you step into the real world for your employment and other major factors in life.
By working together in collaboration, a pupil may learn to be tolerant, patient, and respectful towards other people and their opinion and ideas. Students working together on projects can make them understand that teamwork is essential and can develop the skill of collaboration.
When each task during your curriculum is assigned to a student, the student to complete the task must interact and communicate, which develops their communication skills.
Each and everyone have a lot of things to do and are piled up with work. Eventually, this skill will ensure you manage your time and prioritize work according to your need and requirements.
When speaking of research, a student is restricted only to academics but research skills aid in obtaining knowledge about the facts you are curious about. It helps you stay updated with what is happening in and around you.
Primary education in today’s world is not enough for an individual to be successful. It needs a lot more than a simple education degree to be successful, including skill development. An individual must need good skills for acquiring jobs and running a business.
Asia Pacific World School (APWS) is ranked in the top 10 International schools in Bangalore by the Time of India, which beliefs in a student-centric approach. Hence their CBSE curriculum provides each student with personalized attention. The school offers a curriculum and facilities of international standards, keeping the children’s needs in a highly competitive and fast-paced environment.
APWS aids in enhancing the overall moral and personality development of its students in an international environment and provides them with skill subjects introduced by the board. It’s a perfect school for a young child to develop, learn, and grow in a positive environment.
The education provided by the school curriculum enhances the student’s skills so that the student can be ready to face the real world and make decisions in different circumstances.
It is essential because it enhances and develops the art of learning and helps to grow academically and in the modern world. It allows an individual to attain practical knowledge and use their skills learnt during their education to tackle the problems they might face in the future.
Developing skills can contribute to an individual’s structural transformation by enhancing employability in their life. It places the learning ownership in the students’ hands and helps them restrict the big gap in understanding.
It allows students to solve issues and problems independently, which helps their creative thinking. They develop problem-solving and analytical skills, allowing them to build their independent approach to different problems.
Vocational skills through experimentation would be the most appropriate method as it is grounded in the practical way of constructing knowledge.
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