Abstract

Sidhique Aslam*

ABSTRACT

Life skills are usually associated with managing and living a better quality life. WHO defined life skill as “abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life”. Studies are showing Individuals standard of living has direct relation with the life skill. The challenges of an individual are also contextual. Context are mainly two type, they are articulated and accidental. Schools, colleges/university and job area are articulated and real life situations are accidental. Ability and interest of an individual determine his/her articulated and accidental context. One has to go through both this articulated and accidental context. So the whole life skill, an individual has to acquire may not have international or national standardized nature. There are some primary skills which can standardize. But in broad way each individual need some additional skill depending upon the context to live effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. This is contextual life skill. Here in this context this paper exposing the space of an autonomous institution to integrate, update and sustainment of this contextual life skill in this century.