ROLE OF LIFE SKILL EDUCATION IN MITIGATING THE CRISIS FACED BY PEOPLE OWING TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract: Life Skills Education is an educational approach that prioritises the development of individual life skills, including but not limited to self-reflection, critical thinking, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. According to the United Nations International Children's Education Fund (UNICEF), life skills-based education can be understood as a form of education that primarily focuses on fostering behaviour modification or behaviour development. The term "life skills" typically encompasses a set of psycho-social and interpersonal abilities that enable individuals to make well-informed decisions, engage in successful communication, and engage in critical thinking. Life skills refer to a set of powerful abilities that individuals possess, which allow them to effectively navigate and adapt to the various transformations and difficulties encountered during their lives. Enhancing life skills among students facilitates their ability to effectively navigate challenges and uncertainties, optimise potential possibilities, and resolve issues through collaborative and non-aggressive means. Currently, life skills education is recognised as a crucial non-pharmaceutical tool in the battle against COVID-19. Given the current circumstances, individuals are gradually adapting to the prevailing situation resulting from the pandemic by enhancing their fundamental life skills and knowledge. This process can be effectively facilitated by the implementation of a structured life skill education programme. The global community is currently experiencing a crisis characterised by widespread unemployment, diminished job security, heightened worry, and increased prevalence of mental disease. These challenges can be attributed to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The present situation necessitates prompt and efficient responses from an education system that upholds social responsibility. However, there is a prevailing belief that life skills education serves as a means to bridge the divide between fundamental functioning and individual capacities. It enhances an individual's capacity to effectively address the requirements and challenges of contemporary society, facilitating the implementation of desirable behaviours in a practical manner. The provision of life skills training, achieved via the incorporation of life skills education, can assist individuals in overcoming various challenges encountered throughout their lives. This present discussion will centre on the aforementioned matter as presented in the article titled "The Role of Life Skill Education in Alleviating the Crisis Experienced by Individuals Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic."摘要：生活技能教育（Life Skills Education）是一种以培养个体生活技能为核心的教育模式，涵盖但不限于自我反思、批判性思维、问题解决与人际交往能力。根据联合国儿童基金会（United Nations International Children's Education Fund, UNICEF）的定义，基于生活技能的教育可被理解为一种以促进行为改变或行为养成为核心目标的教育形式。“生活技能”通常指一系列心理社会与人际交往能力，可帮助个体做出明智决策、开展有效沟通并进行批判性思考。生活技能指个体所具备的一系列实用能力，使其能够有效应对并适应人生中遭遇的各类转变与挑战。提升学生的生活技能，有助于其更好地应对挑战与不确定性、挖掘潜在机遇，并以协作而非对抗的方式解决问题。当前，生活技能教育已被视为抗击新冠疫情（COVID-19）的重要非药物干预手段。在当下的疫情背景下，个体可通过提升基础生活技能与相关知识，逐步适应新冠疫情带来的常态化局面，而结构化的生活技能教育项目可有效助力这一过程。当前全球正面临由新冠疫情持续蔓延引发的多重危机：大范围失业、就业保障缩水、焦虑情绪加剧以及精神疾病患病率上升。这一现状亟需秉持社会责任的教育体系做出及时高效的回应。而生活技能教育被普遍认为可弥合个体基础机能与实际能力之间的鸿沟，增强个体应对现代社会需求与挑战的能力，助力其以务实的方式践行恰当行为。通过融入生活技能教育开展相关培训，可帮助个体克服人生中遭遇的各类难题。本讨论将围绕《生活技能教育在缓解新冠疫情给个体带来的生存危机中的作用》一文所阐述的相关议题展开。