Abstract

The present study laid emphasis on how family background effect life skills among higher secondary school students in Mizoram. As the world is approaching towards globalization in the present digital era, it is importunate to intensify an innovative and effective responses from a socially responsible system of education. Therefore life skill based education is necessary for imparting holistic approach to learning so as to facilitate better life outcomes. Developing life skills helps adolescents translate knowledge, attitudes and values into healthy behaviour, such as acquiring the ability to reduce special health risks and adopt healthy behaviour that improves their lives in general (such as planning ahead, career planning, decision making and forming positive relationships. Therefore, the present study aimed at assessing effect of family background on life skills of higher secondary school students in Mizoram. Stratified random sampling was employed for the present study. Nine hundred (900) higher secondary school students in Mizoram constituted the sample of the present study. Family Background Scale (FBS) and Life Skills Inventory (LSI) developed by the investigators were used for collection of the data. The statistical techniques like Mean, Standard Deviation, ‘t’ test, ANOVA and Regression were used for the analysis of data. The findings indicated that there exist no significant differences between male and female higher secondary school students in their total Life Skills. It was also found that there were no significant differences between the different three streams of study viz. arts, science and commerce of higher secondary school students in Mizoram.