Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the way of developing self-control, self-awareness, interpersonal skills, and much more. This helps to provide positive and long-term effects on students which are needed for their future and to achieve life success. Social-emotional learning plays a vital role in supporting the success of the students personally and academically. Developing positive behavior rather than stopping negative behavior is one of the ways focused on Social and Emotional Learning in students. The below-mentioned points highlight the need for Social and Emotional Learning:

1.For Improving Students’ Mental Health-

Social and Emotional learning improves the social-emotional need which can help in suicide prevention, impulsive behavior in students, substance abuse. SEL helps to recognize the strength and weaknesses, emotions, and their impact on the behavior and also helps in gaining self-confidence and to know your abilities. This results in personal awareness, kindness, and a caring attitude which are some basic necessary behaviors for a person to build with. And also, the five competencies of SEL are self-management, self-awareness, relationship skills, responsible decision making, and relationship skills.

2.Reduce Emotional Distress-

SEL helps in the improvement of planning things, the ability to switch attention, and more. This drastically helps with the new behaviors which include developing skills of stronger self-regulation. SEL programs focus on social-emotional skills which include recognizing the emotions, thought processes and how they are influenced in the behavior of students, how they cope up with stressful emotions and situations, and so on.

3.Positive Social Behaviour-

Social and Emotional learning helps to develop connection and social interaction skills. This has to be developed through the student-teacher and this will have resulted in better performance in school. This requires time, dedication, and patience, and also the schools should be committed to providing a safe and caring surrounding. Social interactions and behavioral changes are a positive impact of Social and Emotional learning in students which helps to mold as a social person.

4.Improvement in Academic Performance-

Social and Emotional learning helps to reduces aggressive behavior in the classrooms as well as to concentrate more on learning. Also, the students can attain the skills for facing various life-challenging situations. Attitude towards studies and academics will be drifting optimistically through SEL and student violence, negative interference with learning will also decrease. Daily attendance of students will increase and the students' attitude towards the school will also change through SEL. This helps to attain the focus and emotional awareness of students in the classroom as well as organized in a busy schedule. Through effective interaction and SEL programs from the side of tutors and schools, the promotion of engagement in the educational process will increase and students can improve their concentration, grades, and academic performance.

5.Helps in the Development of Skills-

SEL provides the students with teachings and helping with social and emotional skills. This could be through student-centered instructional interactions and personal interactions. Social and Emotional learning helps to understand and manage emotions, maintain a healthy positive relationship, make responsible decisions, set and achieve positive life goals, to show and feel empathy towards others. Social and Emotional learning is also focusing on the skill development of students with developmental disabilities.

The outcomes of Social and Emotional learning are not an intuitive and straightforward process, this needs patience, direct guidance learned through observation and experience. In the current environment, it is necessary to have people with empathy, who can make responsible decisions, manage emotions, and so on. This surely requires time but the output will be huge. Social and Emotional learning can be fun and doesn’t have to be a huge effort. With moments of mindfulness and focus, each day of students can make a difference. SEL helps to reach success in school and life with a good quality of positive life skills and personal behavior towards relations, society, and most importantly themselves.