Why is lifeskills based education encouraged in WASH in schools?
Current insights show that in schools educational methods (including those for teaching health and hygiene) can be more effective. In many countries and schools the more traditional ‘information based’ approaches still dominate education systems. They give children academic knowledge, but do not prepare them for their current and future lives. More effective teaching and learning outcomes are likely to result from methods which address skills, values, and attitudes as well as information that is not only of use for them academically but also helps them to have better lives. This educational approach is also known as the life skills approach. Teaching is more than transmitting information Life skills education uses teaching and learning methods that are more than the transmission of information. The teaching and learning methods are meant to be interactive and participatory with room for both information-focused sessions and child-centred sessions. Through the use of participatory learn
