Abstract

The psychosocial abilities also known as “life skills” which enable people to maximize their potential, manage their emotional health and social relationships, and make well-informed decisions. People who receive life skills education behave well and are better equipped to handle the rigors and difficulties of daily life. Young adolescents need to be taught life skills as adolescence is a time of transition between childhood and maturity and involves significant physical, cognitive, and psychological changes that must be addressed. The Indian education system has long included life skills training, but in the 21st-century, it has been given more attention by the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), and most recently, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The goal of the current study is to investigate 21st-century life skills programs in India. These programs seek to provide teenagers the critical thinking, emotional fortitude, decision-making, and social skills, they need to successfully negotiate social, academic, and personal obstacles.