LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION EFFICIENCY ON MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS AMONG ADOLESCENCE GIRLS IN SELECTED SCHOOL AT DISTRICT KANYA KUMARI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

Background: Adolescence is a crucial time of life with unique requirements in health and education. Adolescents, between 10 and 19 years of age, accumulate knowledge and capability to regulate emotions, relationships and build character, which is important for enjoying the adolescent years. It is also the time when children fall to negative peer pressure, take extreme decisions that affect them physically and mentally. Life skill education has proven to help these adolescents make informed choices, hone skills especially their communication skills which enable them to develop better interpersonal relations. Objectives: This study aims to know the effectiveness of life skill education on communication skills among adolescent girls. Methods: An Experimental -Pre-test post-test control group time series design was adopted. The sample of the study was randomly selected 418 girls, between 13 to 17 years, studying in 8th to 11th standards of the selected schools. Collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: According to the statistical report there was significant association between life skill education and communication skills of the adolescents. Conclusion: The result indicated that all students were having poor communication skills in the control group, whereas, after receiving life skills education, communication skills of the experimental group increased to 78% and 22 % adolescents gained average level of communication.