Lagging training in social skills

Training in social skills lags behind social needs. Formal, informal and non-formal educational structures fail to equip people with effective skills to cope with society as it is. Old unusable skills are taught, giving unnecessary skills to individuals who must function in times of rapid change.

1. Lack of family life education
2. Ineffective functional training

1. Absence of social prowess

1. Lack of relationship between social techniques and the needs they address
2. Intimidation in the workplace
3. Inhibiting shyness
4. Educational gap between generations

1. Outmoded functional skills in rural communities
2. Limited functional abilities
3. Lack of sharing of community skills
4. Lack of relevant education in rural communities
5. Ineffective educational policy decisions

1. Increasing grooming skills
2. Developing social skills

1. Unsociable
2. Neglect
3. Marginalization
4. Lag