Indian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Studies

Life Skills Education and Its Relationship with Student Adjustment and Academic Performance in Senior Secondary Schools

Abstract: It is often acknowledged that education is a potent tool for social and personal change. Modern education places a strong emphasis on students' holistic development in addition to academic information acquisition, giving them the behavioural, social, emotional, and cognitive skills they need to succeed in a world that is becoming more complex by the day. Students go through major developmental changes in senior secondary school that influence their academic paths and prospects for the future. Students must deal with peer pressure, family expectations, professional pathway decisions, academic pressures, and identity development issues at this crucial phase. As a result, systematic life skills education becomes more important. The term "life skills education" refers to organized courses or teaching methods intended to build interpersonal and psychosocial competences that help people solve issues, speak clearly, control their emotions, make wise decisions, and positively respond to obstacles. The process through which students adjust to the demands of the classroom, social settings, emotional strains, and institutional expectations is known as student adjustment. Grades, test scores, and other academic accomplishments are often indicators of academic performance, which is defined as quantifiable learning results.