5. The role of telecommunication and information technology for the education development program towards knowledge economy in developing life skills among the students of public schools in Jordan

The study aimed to measure the role of information and communication technology (ICT) project of Education Reform for knowledge Economy (ERfKE) in the development of life skills for students of public schools in Jordan. The study sample consisted of (1019) students were selected cluster random way. The tool is designed to study which is about a ques'onnaire consis'ng of (36) items, divided into eight areas of life skills to measure students involved in the project to develop education towards the knowledge-based economy (ERfKE). Confirmed the veracity of the tool and stability coefficient (0.82).The results of the study showed that the role of ICT in the development of life skills to students in government schools of Jordan was high, The results also showed the presence of significant differences in the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in life skills for students due for each gender and in favor of female students, and grade and in favor of students in elementary stage. In addition to a role for information and communication technology (ICT) in the development of students' skills of life among the students of the territory of the North more students from other regions, and the results showed the absence of differences statistically significant between the students of academic section and student in vocational section in all skills.In light of the results emerged from the study a number of recommendations, including: the need to enhance the potential of schools in the Southern Region by the Ministry of Education, especially the infrastructure in the area (ICT), and the need to educate and train school teachers male give the students and the development of life skills they have.Key Words: life skills, information and communication technology, knowledge Economy.