Non-Cognitive Skills As Essential Life-Skills For School Students

Traditionally, general intelligence was considered the best predictor of success and achievement. Recently, however, the effects of factors such as grit, self-efficacy, discipline, resilience, etc. which are non-cognitive in nature has come under the spotlight. Non-cognitive skills have been found to exert as significant an effect of life outcomes as cognitive skills. The paper discusses the importance of non-cognitive skills in determining success in life and how they can be learnt. The role that parents and school teachers can play in developing these essential life skills will also be discussed.