• SURYAKANT KUSHWAHA
• Dr. Anjali Bajpai

Life Skills are the abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life (WHO, 1997). Life Skills enables the individuals to take informed decisions and handle the problems of life in an effective way. Life skills education is a very important and integral part of education system worldwide. In Indian schools however, education in life skills is yet to be fully initiated and recognized as an integral part of the curriculum. In the present study the researcher tries to find the level of life skills possessed by CBSE and UP Board secondary school students. Life Skills Scale made by researcher was used to take the data. 858 samples were taken from 20 different schools of Varanasi. 441 students were taken from CBSE schools and 417 students were taken from UP Board schools. It was found that there was a significant difference between the level of Life Skills of CBSE and UP Board students. The CBSE board students have better level of life skills than UP Board students.

Life Skills, Life Skills Education.

"A Study of Life Skills Education in CBSE and UP Board Secondary Schools of Varanasi City", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.166-172, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907481.pdf

"A Study of Life Skills Education in CBSE and UP Board Secondary Schools of Varanasi City", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp166-172, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907481.pdf