International Journal of
Information and Education Technology

Abstract

The purpose of the present research is to study the development of different skills belonging to different age groups of students. Life skills are the key to success. There are variations in the life skills in different individuals. It is assumed that the life skills develop gradually. The main components of life skills are communication, inter-personal skills, decision making, critical thinking, coping and self management skills. They develop as the individual matures, according to age. With the passage of time, the different component of life skills grows. The Prime objective of present study was to evaluate the development of life skills in different age groups. The sample of 150 students (75 boys and 75 girls) belonging to different age groups were selected randomly from schools and colleges of Ahmedabad of Gujarat (India). Life skills test was administered to measure the types of life skills; 1) Social etiquettes 2) Communication 3) Self esteem and 4) Hygiene. The result shows that there is significant difference in skills development, when age of students is increases from 11 to 20 years. There is no significant difference found in boys and girls from age of 11 to 20 years. In certain age group of girls, skills development is found better than boys.