The North East Regional Institute of Education (NERIE), NCERT, Shillong, in collaboration with the Indian Association of Life Skills Education (IALSE), organized a five-day Life Skills Training Program from 18–22 August 2025. The program, titled “Capacity Building of KRPs on Life Skills through Newly Developed Textbooks for Preparatory and Middle Stages,” was facilitated by Dr. Radhakrishnan Nair, President of IALSE, and Dr. Gauri Hardikar, Vice-President of IALSE, and coordinated by Dr. Seema Nambiar, Assistant Professor, NERIE.
A total of 26 faculty members from Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, and Mizoram participated. The training focused on the ten core life skills and offered practical strategies for integrating them into the school curriculum. Participants took part in hands-on sessions on curriculum mapping, gaining actionable tools for classroom implementation.
The program was highly appreciated for its strong conceptual foundation, experiential learning approach, and engaging methodology that effectively blended theory with practice.