Life Skills are the skills that we need, to deal effectively with the challenges in everyday life, whether at school, at work or in our personal life. One could say that it is a ‘set of skills that allows us to live our life to its fullest’. A definitive list of Life Skills is something that educators, governments and employers continue to discuss and debate whether to call them Life Skills, 21st Century Skills or Soft Skills. But one thing they all agree upon is the fact that the students who are able to understand and use these skills, along with their school education, will be much better placed to take advantage of the personal and professional opportunities in future.

International Life Skills Olympiad(ILSO) is the World's First online initiative to test young children's Critical Life Skills Quotient, and to compare the same with the most skilled children across the globe. Through ILSO, students of Grade III-XII from all over the world will test their Life Skills Aptitude using real-world scenario based questions. While preparing for this highly engaging test, students will also get exposed and acquire new life skills. With students from 100+ countries participating, they all get to learn and evolve as truly global citizens.

Prevalent schooling curriculums around the world are primarily knowledge or fact-based curriculums. They do not provide the learners with much scope to assess and acquire practical Life Skills. Today’s children - the young citizens of 21st century, need a whole range of Critical Life Skills to lead and manage their future. In fact, as per a recent news report, when asked about the Skills Gap among professionals, Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn strongly emphasized that the biggest skill gap today is in Soft Skills such as Communication, Collaboration etc. Global initiatives like the International Life Skills Olympiad seek to address such gaps by assessing and imparting Critical Life Skills such as Leadership, Ethics, Goal Setting, Teamwork, Decision Making, Negotiations and a whole range of other 21st century skills to young citizens.

International Life Skills Olympiad takes place?

14^th Dec 2025 & 22^nd Feb 2026

International Life Skills Olympiad 2025-26 will be conducted worldwide, online on 14^th Dec 2025 & 22^nd Feb 2026. You can register right now and right here for International Life Skills Olympiad 2025-26. While preparing for this highly engaging test, students will also get exposed and acquire new life skills. With students from 100+ countries participating, they all get to learn and evolve as truly global citizens.

The registration fee for the International Life Skills Olympiad is $7.99 only or an equivalent amount in the local currency of your country. The registration fee includes unlimited access to the preparation material which includes, Life Skills Common Sense Guide, Real-life scenario-based practice questions with detailed explanations, and Mock tests. *Every participant will get a participation prize of Newzworm prime subscriptions worth US$ 9.99