Indian Association of Life Skills Education
Promoting life skills education across India since 2010
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Established 2010
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Pan-India Presence
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Research & Training
Objectives
IALSE is formed with the comprehensive objectives to advance life skills as transformative competencies for individuals and society
Interdisciplinary Forum
Bring together social scientists, educationists, scientists, practitioners and policy makers to explore life skills education.
Collaborative Development
Encourage mutual efforts to develop and apply life skills through inter-disciplinary approaches
Best Practices Assessment
Assess current status and best practices in life skills education and training applications.
Network Strengthening
Build connections with regional and trans-regional organizations in life skills education.
Knowledge Sharing
Organize conferences, seminars, and workshops to share research findings and experiences.
Innovation Dissemination
Promote new theories and innovative approaches for emerging trends in life skills education.
Teaching Enhancement
Strengthen theoretical frameworks and promote life skills approach in teaching and training.
Publication & Research
Publish books, journals and literature to disseminate knowledge in life skills education.
Career Development
Enable scholars to enhance career opportunities and fulfill professional goals in life skills education.
Origin & Development
2010
Year of Establishment
Founded with the vision to create a platform for professionals working in life skills education, fostering collaboration and advancing the field across India.
Foundation & Growth
Life skills education emerged as a young discipline during the second half of the 20th century, with IALSE leading its development in India.
The Indian Association of Life Skills Education (IALSE) was established in 2010. Since then, the association has been working tirelessly to promote life skills education across India. It is a registered society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975.
Life skills education is one of the young disciplines that emerged during the second half of the 20th century. In India, life skills as a subject of study were introduced by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development in Sriperumbudur in 2008, and subsequently, a training programme for trainers in Life Skills was initiated. Professionals working in the field of life skills education and training decided to join together to form an association promoting life skills in the country, which led to the formation of the Indian Association of Life Skills Education (IALSE).
The association aims to provide a platform for professionals working in the field of life skills to interact, collaborate, and contribute to life skills education and training, thereby supporting individual and national development. IALSE has a pan-India presence, enabling life skills professionals across the country to share ideas, resources, and expertise. The focus areas of IALSE include training, research, and publication in life skills education.
With the emphasis on life skills in the National Education Policy 2020, there is a significant demand for life skills education, and this is one of the main thrust areas of IALSE. The formats are customised, adopting a competency-building approach. It has a rich resource pool of qualified and experienced life skills trainers nationwide. IALSE has also developed life skills resource materials that are field-tested to enhance the learning experience, making it enjoyable and effective. IALSE training sessions follow a participatory approach, are learner-centric, and are tailor-made to meet the felt needs of the training participants.
IALSE also carries out consultancy work, specialising in designing Life Skills Education curricula for universities and colleges that wish to introduce the subject. IALSE provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to come together, deliberate on their ideas, and present their research at its annual International Conference on Life Skills Education. In the realm of life skills education publication, IALSE strives to disseminate life skills research through its publications. IALSE publishes the International Journal of Life Skills Education, which is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal with an ISSN. The journal aims to publish research papers that highlight recent developments in the field of life skills education and training.
IALSE works towards encouraging mutual and collective efforts to develop, promote, and apply life skills to enhance individual and community well-being through interdisciplinary and trans- disciplinary approaches.