(HBO) – By life skills education, students have been given a chance to strengthen the capacity and quality, and promote positive, active and creative characteristics. These students feel self-confident and brave in all activities. Moreover, life skills education also has positive meaning in which it helps students consolidate the knowledge learned in the class. As a result, these students are equipped with life skills, collaborative communication and self-awareness. Additionally, they can learn how to express empathy and cultural behavior as well as make decision and solve problems. Finally, students are able to enhance their creative thinking, emotional management and face challenges. The outstanding result of life skill education is that students could gain the knowledge to use in practice and take care of themselves and their families.


Students in Hien Luong Secondary School (Da Bac district) are equipped and instructed swimming safety skills and drowning prevention.

According to the statistics of Department of Education and Training, there are 43 schools in Da Bac district (including 20 kindergartens, 12 primary schools, 11 secondary schools and 10 high schools). By the end of 2017 to 2018 school year, 100 percentages of the schools have provided life skill education for students with the participation of 1368 teachers. Life skills education was organized by the schools through these activities which were integrated in daily lessons, extracurricular classes, creative experiences and talent clubs. At the moment, all of schools have established many clubs such as elementary mathematics clubs, elementary literatures clubs, English clubs, music clubs, chess clubs and football clubs.

Especially, the work of life skills education has been inspired beautifully and attractively by these extracurricular classes with practical and informative topics such as accident and injury prevention, traffic safety, environmental protection and self-defense skills. Also, they popularize life skills education and health protection.

In order to improve the quality of life skills education, the schools have strengthened coordination with the local authority, the families and other organizations to inform the development of students, consult further about how to train and educate children. For example, they could give students chances to visit the historical sites and support finance for schools to organize extra-curricular activities

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