ialse-new-logoThe Indian Association of Life Skills Education (IALSE) is a registered society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. It had its inception in 2010 with the aim “To ignite minds, to unleash the power and empower individuals to face challenges in life”. Since then, the association is working relentlessly for the promotion of Life Skills across India.

Life skills education and training is one of the young disciplines which have emerged during the second half of the 20th century. In India, Life Skills as a subject of study has been launched by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur in 2008 and subsequently they have started trainers training programme in Life Skills as well. The professionals working in the field of Life Skills Education and training decided to joined together to form an association, to promote Life Skills in the country.

The association aims to provide a platform for professionals working in the field of life skills education to interact, collaborate and contribute to life skills education for individual and national development. IALSE has a pan-India presence, enabling life skills professionals across the country share ideas, resources and expertise.The focus areas of IALSE include training and research in life skills education.

One of the thrust areas of IALSE, is to provide training in life skills to target groups such as students, educators (schools & colleges),counseling professionals, managers and executives at all levels, NGO representatives, Government Officials, organizations, homemakers etc. The training formats are customized adopting a competency building approach. It has a rich resource pool of over 150 qualified and experienced life skills trainers across the country who impart training. IALSE has also developed life skills resource materials that are field tested to enhance training experience making it enjoyable and effective. It follows a participatory approach in delivery of the training and is learner centric.

The trainings are of the following nature, culturally contextualized to attain excellence.

  • Orientation to Life Skills
  • Capacity Building on Life Skills (3 days/ 5 days- need based)
  • Train The Trainer (TTT) programme in Life Skills ( 7 days -basic & 21 days – Advance level)
  • Other specially designed training programs to suit clients needs

IALSE also carries out consultancy work specialising in designing Life Skills Education curriculum for universities and colleges, who wish to introduce the subject. The core team of IALSE also designs and organises customised Life Skills workshops.

The focus of IALSE is to promulgate the concept of life skills/ life skills education, and strengthening its felt need and importance among various stake holders across India.

In the arena of research in life skills education, IALSE works towards dissemination of life skills research through it’s publication and annual international conferences.