Utilizing ‘ebasta’ and ‘epathshala’ initiatives for promoting life skills among school students: strategies for teachers

Promoting life skills among students is a priority these days. Both national and international agencies are urging governmental and educational institutions to help school students to master different set of life skills for their own and societal benefits. There are many ways to learn life skills and using ICT is one of them. Besides helping teaching-learning processes, ICT supported education initiatives can also be employed to orient learners about different life skills, practice them, and making them part of their day-to-day activities and experiences. And to make this happen, teachers have to play a vital role. Extending this argument, present paper defines life skills, details about promises offered by ‘eBasta’ and ‘ePathshala’ initiatives to promote life skills, and suggests useful strategies for teachers to utilize both these initiatives for promoting life skills among students.