Adolescent and youth life skills improvement

This indicator measures how many adolescents and youth show an improvement in life skills out of those who completed the training in line with SC Life Skills for Success Common Approach.

Life skills are assessed in line with the 5 core skills of positive self-concept, social skills, higher-order thinking skills, self-control, and communication skills.

To show an improvement, adolescents and youth need to obtain a score that is “higher” than the one obtained at baseline. To learn how to calculate this improvement and to identify which adolescents and youth shall be counted in the numerator, follow the included guideline.

Save the Children defines adolescence and youth as stages of social, physical, cognitive, and emotional development between childhood and adulthood, which can include a range of ages. As general guidance, adolescence may be considered from ages 10–19: very young adolescents (VYAs): 10–14, older adolescents: 15–19. It is also important to note an overlap between the age definitions of adolescence and youth. The UN’s definition of youth is: “those persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years old, without prejudice to other definitions by Member States.” When designing a programme, we encourage consideration of local definitions of adolescents and youth (alternatively, young people), considering their roles and responsibilities.

Number of adolescents and youth who demonstrate an improvement in their life skills (e.g., self-concept, social skills, higher order thinking skills, self-control, communication skills) as measured through the Life Skills Assessment Tool

Total number of adolescents and youth surveyed

SURV_CPOV_LIFESKILLS ASSESSMENT_En_2023 | KoboToolbox (savethechildren.net)

All questions in section "CORE MODULE- LSA statements"

https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/SURV_CPOV_LIFESKILLS-ASSESSMENT_En_2023.xlsx/