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Children at school undergo physical, psychological, social, and emotional transformations. The positive and negative experiences people have during this vulnerable time in their lives, as well as the influence of other people and events, have a lasting effect on them for the rest of their lives. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how twelve weeks of yoga and aerobic workouts affect the schoolchildren's quality of life. 60 pupils from senior secondary schools in the North 24 Parganas area (West Bengal), ages 14 to 16, are involved in the study. They were split up into three equal groups, each with twenty participants (n = 20). Group I practiced yoga, Group II engaged in cardiovascular exercises, and Group III served as the control. The testing period is restricted to 12 weeks, or around three months, three days a week, and 45 to 60 minutes each day with appropriate warm-up and cool-down routines. Standardized instruments were used to gather the primary data. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) will be used to determine if the pretest and posttest means of experimental groups I, II, and the control group are significant. For significance, the degree of confidence is set at 0.05. Additionally, if the F-ratio of the adjusted post-test means is significant, the LSD post-hoc test will be used to determine the paired mean difference, if any, between the groups for each variable independently. According to the study's findings, yoga and aerobic workouts significantly improved quality of life (p<0.05). Conclusions: Given the substantial impact that yoga and aerobics exercises have on schoolchildren's quality of life, policymakers should focus on implementing yoga and aerobics at the school level through standardized curricula and training instructors to encourage and inspire students to learn and practice these disciplines at a young age.