• Dr. Vijaya Shivaputrappa Agadi

The purpose of this investigation is to know the relationship between Life Skills and Socio-Economic Status of Secondary School children and also know the Life Skills among secondary school students educating in government, private aided and private unaided schools. The present study followed a Descriptive Survey research. The students at secondary schools studying at government, private aided and private unaided schools at Hassan district coming under Mysore Educational Division of Karnataka are the samples. The sample size was 240 students out of which 120 were boys and 120 were girls. Life Skills Inventory self-developed by Vijaya Shivaputrappa Agadi & Dr Umme Kulsum (2019) and modified Kuppuswamy’s Socio Economic Status was utilized for the data collection. The collected data was analyzed by utilizing Karl Pearson’s Product Moment of Coefficient of Correlation and Independent ‘t’ test. In all cases the level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence. The results were obtained with the help of Statistician by using SPSS Package along with MS Excel (MS Office). From the correlation analysis, it was found positive significant relationship between Life Skills and Socio Economic Status of secondary school students and from ‘t’ test analysis it was confirmed that government school students had more life skills than that of private aided and private unaided schools. The government should sensitize families on need and importance of supporting their children’s education for better academic achievement and provide life skills education by conducting life skills programmes at school level.

Life Skills, Socio-Economic Status, Secondary, School Students. Type of Management

"Relationship between Life Skills and Socio-Economic Status of School Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.h126-h131, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207720.pdf

"Relationship between Life Skills and Socio-Economic Status of School Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. pph126-h131, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207720.pdf