What is Life Skills?

1. What is Life Skills?

2. Life Skills is … • A program to empower young people to make informed and healthy decisions in the face of often confusing and conflicting information and lifestyles.

4. Sub-divided into age appropriate sets of materials: • Package 1 for grade 6 and 7 students 11-12 years • Package 2 for grade 8 and 9 students 13-14 years • Package 3 for school leavers/ drop-outs 16-19 years • Package 4 for youth

5. Description of the packages • composed of 4 packages • developed in a modular format. • most areas and content are based on life skills, • it is also incorporated with reproductive health information

6. Currently Maldives is experiencing a period of rapid socio-economic and cultural change. • Factors such as: • growing drug use • limited employment opportunities • Urbanisation • high divorce rates • strains of the family unit • exposure to consumerism • the erosion of traditional culture contribute to daily stressors experienced by the young people of Maldives

7. Perceptions in ……. • The religious beliefs • The cultural barriers • Its taboo to talk on the topic • The level of understanding

8. The Challenges ……… Taking sessions on • HIV/ AIDS • Self Awareness • STD / STI • Conception & Pregnancy • Relationship

9. Why do we have to take these challenging session • Create awareness • Increase adolescents Reproduction Health • Make informed and healthy wise decision on there own. • Act positively to sexual peer pressure. • Keep informed about risky behaviours

10. Before taking these sessions communication stress Assertiveness Conflict resolution decision making gender

11. LSE facilitators needs to equipped with…….

12. Life skills education has been effective in the following areas Lessening violent behaviourIncrease in social behaviour Decrease in destructive behaviours increased ability to plan

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