Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 29, No 5 (2016)

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Educational empowerment of rural adolescent girls on life skills

L. L. PUJAR, S. S. PATIL

Abstract


Adolescence is a vital stage of growth and development. It is characterized by rapid physiological changes andpsychological maturation. As adolescents mature, their mental process becomes more analytical, developing abstractthinking and independent ideology. As today's adolescent girls are tomorrow's women, imparting education and developinglife skills and capabilities in them have prime importance Life skill education promotes mental well being and equips themto face the realities of life. The present study was conducted to know the life skill development and impact of interventionon educational empowerment of rural adolescent girls. The sample for the study comprised of 120 adolescent girls studyingin 8th and 9th standards of Uppinbetageri and Amminbavi villages of Dharwad taluk. The girls belonging to age range of 13to 15 years were randomly selected for the study. Checklists were used to collect the information regarding various life skillssuch as problem solving ability, creative thinking, critical thinking, coping with stress and empathy. The results of the studyrevealed that at pre test, majority of the adolescent girls experienced medium level of creative thinking (55%) and empathy(76.7%). About 7.5 per cent had high level of critical thinking, coping with stress (70.9%) and problem solving ability(65.8%). After the intervention, majority of adolescent girls had high level of critical thinking (94.16%) followed by copingwith stress (79.12%), problem solving (70%), creative thinking (50%) and empathy (57.5%). Thus, the intervention on lifeskill education is helpful for the rural adolescent girls to take positive actions and improving their coping skills of stress andproblem solving ability.