Life Skills and Cognitive Abilities of College Students in Mizoram, India with reference to their stream of study

Abstract

The present study attempts to find out the life skills and cognitive abilities of college students in Mizoram, one of the states of India situated in north eastern corner of the country.  Stratified random samplingmethod was employed for selection of samples. A sample of 523 students was taken from different colleges in Mizoram. Life skill inventory developed by the investigators and Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (2000) were used to collect data. It was found that majority of the students possessed normal life skill abilities. It was also found that majority of the students had average cognitive abilities.  Science students had better life skills and cognitive abilities when compared to commerce students. Also, it was found that science students possessed higher cognitive abilities when they were compared to arts students. It was also found that there was a positive correlation between life skills and cognitive abilities among college students in Mizoram.