Population Education

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PopulationRefers to a group of individuals or a group of people in a specific area, region, or country. This group maybe small, moderate, or large in number.

Growth in population means more mouths to feed, more bodies to clothe, and more families to provide shelter for.

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Population Education in lay man's language is the education about population matters i.e.fertility, mortality, migration, etc.MEANING OF POPULATION EDUCATION

DefinitionsAccording to UNESCO, Population Education is an educational programme which provides fora study of population situation of the family, the community, nation and world, with the purposeof developing in the students rational and responsible attitudes and behavior towards thatsituation.

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According to Gopal Rao, Population education an educational programme which provides fora study of the population phenomenon so as to enable the students to make rational decisionstowards problems arising of rapid population growth".

Problem Of Population In India

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PROBLEMS

Food Problem2. Economical Problem3. Younger Generation Problem4. Environmental Problem5. Educational Problem

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WHY POPULATION EDUCATION?

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objectives

To enable the students to understand that family size is controlled. Development of a higher quality of life in the nation. That a small family size can contribute materially to the quality of living for the individual family.To enable the students to appreciate the fact that for preserving the health and welfare of the members of the family and to ensure good prospects for the younger generation, the Indian families of today and tomorrow should be small and compact. To give accurate information to the students about the effect of changes in family size and in national population on the individual.

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Role of Education

Community forums and voluntary organizations should discuss the drawbacks of large families and the merits of small families.Children in the elementary stage should also be taught through their courses of study.Boys and girls at the secondary stage should be given the knowledge in a scientific way about the reproductive biology system and the sex-hygiene.Parent-teacher associations can also take the responsibility of educating the families. Schools should assume the responsibility of educating the community and the families should collaborate with other agencies for the education of the masses for having small families.

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POPULATION EDUCATION PROGRAMME

the Ministry launched it with effect from 1980 designed to introduce Population Education in the formal education systemsponsored by the Govt. of India,NCERT with UNESCO support to 143 million school children in primary, secondary and higher secondary schools in the country.

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Population Education programme is a scheme in the central sector of Ministry of Education.It has been developed in collaboration with the United Nations Funds for Population Activities (UNFPA) and with the active involvement of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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The underlying object of the programme is to create in the younger generation, anadequate awareness of the population problems and realization in this regard of its responsibilities towards the nation.

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CONCLUSIONExpansion of population Education is the need of the day. According to 2010 census total population of India is 1.25 billion and that can be checked through this programme and The success of this programme depends on the teachers. Hence, he must be properly trained. Prof Nurul Hassan, the former Education Minister and Dr. Chandra Sekhar, former Prime Minister also emphasized the role of teacher in this programme

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Anam SuraiyaWasima Khatoon

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