1. The Evolution of Life Skills: From Ancient Survival to Modern Global Systems
2. For the ancient world, life skills were the fundamental tools for physical survival—from crafting weapons out of stone to navigating sea routes and communicating through eagles. Today, these have transformed into critical psychosocial abilities that allow individuals to adapt their knowledge and attitudes to the professional, personal, and societal challenges of the 21st century.

In this session, we trace the emergence of life skills as they moved from a specific health perspective in the 1980s to a holistic educational requirement. We explore the journey from the 1986 Ottawa Charter to the landmark 1996 Delors Report, which redefined education through four fundamental pillars: learning to know, to do, to be, and to live together. This narrative  ...