Bishop Heber College

About

The Centre for Life Skill Education is an outcome of the recommendations of World Health organization (WHO) which has identified 10 core skills as life skills. Life Skills are the abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enables individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life across cultures (WHO, 1997). The need to introduce Life Skills education has also been recognized in the New Educational Policy (NEP) 2020, which makes a pressing call for the skills to be taught in colleges to prepare the youth for the future. Focusing on building life skills in the next generation is imperative to enable them handle different situations capably.

Thus Centre for Life Skills Education inculcates students with a set of basic skills acquired through learning and/or direct life experience that enable them individually and as a group to effectively handle issues and problems commonly encountered in their daily life. The skills include creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, the ability to communicate and collaborate, along with personal and social responsibility that contribute to good citizenship – all essential skills for both healthy societies and for successful and employable individuals.

In Bishop Heber College, Life Skills as a course was implemented from the year 2017. Every academic year, the course is run for students pursuing their second year of under graduate programs during their IV semester.

Peer Teaching, the concept of students teaching other students was carried out from the year 2019. Every year, students who excel at answering aptitude questions volunteer to instruct their fellow classmates. Peer teaching has been a staple of Life Skills courses ever since it was first introduced.

Objectives of the Course

To enhance one’s capacity for complete self-awareness by assisting oneself in overcoming all anxieties and uncertainties and in experiencing complete inner and outer growth.

To increase one’s knowledge and awareness of emotional competency and emotional Intelligence at one's place of study or employment.

To provide opportunity for realizing one’s potential through real-world experience.

To cultivate interpersonal skills and demonstrate effective leadership behavior for empowerment of oneself and others.

To set appropriate goals, manage stress and time effectively.

To manage competency- mix at all levels in order to achieve excellence with ethics.

Roles and Responsibilities

The center provides training for all second year under graduate students of the College on Life Skill Education so that they can face the challenges and adapt to the demands of their everyday lives.

The center facilitates capacity building training on Life Skills and Training of Trainers (ToT) on Life Skills for the teachers

The center has published two text books and two workbooks on life skills