Educhat: 65.Life Skills Conference- 2024

The international conference on ‘Global Synergy for Sustainable Development: Integrating Life Skills for Systemic Change’ was organized at Mar Theophilus Training College, Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram, India from Jan 4 to 06,2024. It was attended by delegates from several parts of India and abroad. The rationale behind convening the conference is that many are now beginning to feel the pressing need for a concerted evidence-based, and innovative effort to address the complex and interrelated challenges confronting our world. In the invited talks and deliberations several ideas emerged:

Here are a couple of extracts from select speeches:

His Eminent Beatitude Cardidnal Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis

quoted Sree Narayana Guru:

“Act that one performs for own sake

should also aim for the well being of others”

“Privilege is invisible to those who have it.” Prof Shekhar P. Seshadri

“We all want to develop our competencies…we would like to refine/develop our interpersonal skills…We want to be able to make informed judgments and decisions where we encounter problems…we would like to build relationships…think positively, … think creatively….” -Dr. S. Jaishankar (Hon. Minister for External Affairs)

You can view the deliberations streamed live, which is now available on YouTube.

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Day One: 04/01/2024

Inaugural session, Symposium I: The Prospect and Retrospect of Life Skills Education in SAARC School Systems, Teen Talk: Life Skills for Personal and Academic Excellence, Nilavilakku (Cultural Programme)