Many skills, such as mathematics, Science, English, discipline, and socializing, are taught to help students succeed. However, not everything worth learning is scribbled on blackboards, and not yet, at least.

The following are essential life skills critical to your success but are not included in a standard school curriculum, even though they should be.

Self-defense

It’s critical to master the fundamentals of self-defense — both verbally and physically if the situation warrants it. Self-defense is an essential aspect of life. Understanding how to protect yourself from the world’s ills may improve your confidence, keep you happy, and enable you to live a prosperous life.

Recognize a scam

Recognizing a dubious offer when you see one is a skill that comes in handy in today’s world. All the more, when so many may conceal themselves behind the changing face of the internet. Educating kids on how to identify a fraudster may help them succeed in life.

Self-assessment

Finding out your true strengths and weaknesses is one of life’s most difficult tasks. Few individuals are capable of it, and it takes work, and accepting where you need to grow may help you become a much better person in all areas of your life.

Safe internet education

Students nowadays are surrounded by technology everywhere, and educators need to realize this. Whether you have a smartphone in your pocket or require a computer to do in-class duties, everyone has access to the internet nowadays. Most schools do not teach students how to be safe while using the internet.

Health and Fitness

Today’s young people are generally unaware of health and fitness details, with problems such as depression being widely misunderstood. Teenage hormones are not the same as depression. Every school needs high-quality health and fitness instruction to educate students about the more serious mental disorders.

Personal Finance

A life skill that is seldom taught in school is how to manage our money effectively to live comfortably today and have enough for our future and old age. Understanding how and where to invest money to generate the best possible interest rates would be very useful.

Home Agri-gardening

For youngsters, watching plants develop is a pleasurable and instructive experience. Their insatiable curiosity and enthusiasm for everything new make them natural gardeners. Kids learn about nature, its importance, and environmental sustainability when taught about this in school.

Cooking and Culinary

Cooking is a life skill that all of us need to live a self-sufficient existence. If you cannot cook, you are constantly at the mercy of others to provide you with food. While some interested in cooking and baking find a way to acquire this life skill on their own, others would like to have it taught in school. So they would not have to spend time attempting to pick it up later in life.

Sex Education

When children are going through puberty, their hormones are raging, and their brains are racing with questions. Why can’t our educational institutions step in and teach them what they need to know? Comprehensive sex education entails more than just teaching about healthy reproductive choices and diseases transmitted through sexual activity (though these are important).

Entrepreneurship

There are several entrepreneurial skills that students should learn in School. However, our schools in India do not teach this. Even entrepreneurial MBA schools often teach students how to run another person’s company rather than start one. It is high time we educate children about starting their own business and things they associate with it.

Home Engineering

Painting, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work are all involved in maintaining and repairing a house. Since the home is where most of the assets are stored and where children will spend most of their time, understanding how to do repairs and upgrades is always beneficial.

Sustainable and Eco-friendly living

Our children will one day be self-sufficient decision-makers and educators. Maybe your kid will one
day become a globally recognized policymaker! What we educate children now will undoubtedly influence their future daily life choices and environmentally conscious behaviors. Additionally, educating children on living a sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle teaches them to accept responsibility for their actions and preserve a healthy world.

At SOILS, we offer life skill courses designed to help you learn these essential life skills. Contact us to know more!