Arts provide students with many opportunities for socio-emotional development and prosocial learning. Through individual, interpersonal and collaborative activities, it helps develop skills such as being aware of one’s own and others’ emotions, taking responsibility, making decisions and solving problems. In addition, art serves as an instrument for individuals to develop sensitivity skills towards any living beings or non-living objects around them.

Arts reinforce personal awareness and social awareness skills, while fostering emotional awareness. Arts also encourage problem solving skills in a number of ways. Problem solving is an integral part of the art—it provides students the opportunity to innovate and find authentic solutions for open-ended problems. It gives the opportunity to come up multiple solutions using various sensory modes, conventional and electronic media and tools, and individual or group experiences.