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The survey entitled Focus '92 was conducted throughout Victoria to ascertain educational needs and priorities for TAFE for the next decade. Participants were encouraged to respond beyond the framework of the survey instrument, and close attention was given to these respondent generated responses as well as the basic data. A major theme was the emerging need for life skills. the paper examines the evidence of the need for life skills from the data for Focus '92 in the light of a related paper by Sharlow. The survey indicated a need for life skills programs to be developed in their own right and for life skills education to be incorporated in existing programs.