ABOUT THE COURSE:Life Skills as defined by WHO (1997) are “The abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable the individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life.”This course deals with basic information of life skills and some important life skills for young people. Today the major challenge faced by youth is adaptation and adjustment to challenges in life, for which this course may be useful.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Graduates of all disciplinesPREREQUISITES: Not specific requirement, the stakeholder should be literate. A school passed individual would be suitableINDUSTRY SUPPORT: All HR divisions of any corporates
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1: Life Skills
- Meaning and Definitions of life skills,
- Need and importance of life skills at higher education
- Various life skills for higher education and there identification
- Meaning and Definitions of Self-Awareness,
- Need and importance of Self-Awareness at higher education
- Methods of inculcating the Self-Awareness
- Meaning and Definitions of Effective communication,
- Need and importance of Effective communication at higher education
- Methods of inculcating Effective communication
- Digital literacy,
- Financial literacy,
- some concept of better life from Indian perspective-Pachkosh, panchbhoot
Taught by
Prof. Anjali Bajpai
