N R Foundation of N R Group, a leading agarbatti manufacturing concern of Mysore, is engaged in a programme to help the young develop life skills.
Its trained resource persons are engaged in life skill education for students in the age group of 13-19 years, teachers, school managements and parents.
The World Health Organisation developed the core programme after identifying that life skills are necessary for promoting health and well being of adolescents and youth.
Communication skills, managing emotion and stress, problem solving, decision making, listening skills, self-confidence building, positive thinking, academic achievement and career, and issues relating to friendship with the opposite sex form part of the programme.
Underscoring the importance of the programme, industrialist R N Murthy of the foundation says, "Apart from professional skills, life skills have become important in the changing social scenario, family structure, urbanisation,
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