A two-day international conference on ‘Mainstreaming life Skills Education for Nation Building’ held at Jagran lakecity University on February 26 and 27 wherein eminent speakers from India, UK, USA, Hong Kong, South Africa, Singapore and Japan presented papers and shared their views and opinions on the importance of life skills education.
The Conference was inaugurated by the chief guest, lal Singh Arya, Minister, Government of M.P. along with Hari Mohan Gupta, Chancellor, Jagran lakecity University.
The Plenary Session was focused on ‘Margin to Mainstream: life Skills Perspective for Social Inclusion’ which was chaired by Swaroop Rawal, Member, Higher Education Council, Government of India. The speakers discussed, debated and concluded that the margins to mainstream approach should be focused more on the skills and individual behavior needed for people to cope with the demands of modern society, to avoid persistent marginalization from community life and from sources of fulfillment such as work, education and family life.
Major General Dilawar Singh, Director General - NYKS, Government of India who was the primary speaker for the brainstorming session ‘Embedding life Skills in Education: Pathways to Transforming lives and Skilling India mentioned that skill development in India goes beyond the transactional view of balancing the emerging labour demand-supply gap. It is about social upliftment – giving a fair chance to those millions of individuals to get an equal status as the socially privileged.
The technical sessions and symposiums in the conference covered issues ranging from ‘Poverty And Vulnerability Reduction Strategies And life Skills, life Skills Intervention Strategies Among SC/ST/Minority/Women/Transgender/Differently-abled, life Skills For Global Competitiveness to life Skills And lifelong learning, Education, livelihood, Employment: Role of life Skills, life Skills for Healthy living and life Skills and Skill development.
Keith Falconer, a Venture Capitalist from Hong Kong, while delivering the key note address said that, “India’s opportunity is now a global opportunity, its capacity to become a world leader in so many sectors is unchallengeable. Global corporations view India as a vital market for the future.