Life Skills – MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul

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Life skills: The secret of success Undoubtedly, achieving academic excellence is the prime purpose of sending your child to school but it is not the only reason to send him/her to school. The parents should understand that they should emphasize on molding their child into an individual who has the knowledge, a good personality and above all, a good character.

Just as education is important to secure a rewarding career, life skills are important to secure a good life. Education system focuses on imparting knowledge and in preparing the students for their career. On the other hand, life skills train the students to make good decisions and solve problems in their personal as well as professional life. Life skills act as the backbone of individuals that allows them to perform all the tasks properly and meet challenges in their daily life.

Some of the Life skills - The secret of success are follow:

•Self-reflection The ability to introspect and to understand one’s weaknesses and strengths is the best way to advance ahead in life. When people are able to practice self-reflection, they can even convert their weaknesses to strengths. •Critical thinking The ability to think rationally and to connect the ideas logically helps individuals to progress in their life. A critical thinker analyses the situations and the information gathered.

•Problem-solving Every day, an individual has to deal with myriads of problems in personal as well as personal life. The solution to each problem is different and depends on the situation. The problem-solving skills facilitate in delving into the problem to find the best solution. •Interpersonal skills The ability to interact with people is essential in the present scenario as it allows one to build a network and advance in the personal as well as professional front.

Benefits of teaching life skills at a young age Life skills are essential to lead a good life. The best age to acquire life skills is the learning age that is spent in school. That is why schools should focus on imparting these in the students. Some of the benefits of teaching life skills are: •Developing life skills is imperative as it helps students to develop sound judgment and good habits.

•Students get to know themselves in a better way and shape their life according to the way they want. Students become aware of their strengths and weakness and act accordingly.

•They learn to solve the problem that they face in their day to day life as well in school. Life skills help them to observe the situation and analyze it to come up with the best-suited solutions. •Students learn everyday survival skills.

Life skills have the following benefits •It builds self-regulation •It teaches empathy.

•Exposes students to different situations and different perspectives. It helps them to analyze the situations on their own.

•It develops reasoning ability. Students begin thinking beyond what is written in their books and they think logically.

Clearly, it is important to impart life skills to students. That is why MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul gives importance to life skills. We inculcate moral values and life skills in our students to mold them into well-balanced individuals. We are a pioneer, boarding school in Pune that imparts top-notch quality education coupled with life skills. So, send your children to MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul and shape their bright future.

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