An Educational Perspective on Students, Information and Performance Concerning Life Skills, a Case Study: Public Universities of Qom

This research aims to investigate the views of experts and professors of Hawzah and universities about students’ information and performance about life skills from an educational perspective. A qualitative approach is used in this research which is based on a content analysis method. The population sample comprises 10 experts and professors from Hawzah, 10 university experts and professors and 30 students from Qom public universities in three levels BA, MA and PhD in three fields of study including human sciences, basic and technical sciences. In order to know the most important skills which are closely related to students’ life, semi-structured interviews were conducted. The interviews show that four skills including self-knowledge, decision-making, establishing effective relations and critical way of thinking are among the most important skills which are closely related to students’ life. The findings show that one of the main concerns of Hawzah and university is lack of information about life skills among the students. The Hawzah and university consider their role to be important and so they attempt to elaborate this on this subject on the radio and TV.