population education

Seminar

Topic : population education

Introduction

population education can be defined as the education on all matters concerning population. It helps to understand the nature, cause of population growth. Its needs a conceptual understanding of both 'population' and 'education'. The term population can be defined as the people living in a specified geographical area, be it a village, taluk, district, country or the world as a whole. Education is the process that imparts , improves or changes  the information, knowledge,understanding , attitudes and so on.

concept of population education:

According to the UNESCO, 'population education' is an educational programme which provides opportunities for a study of the population situation in the family,community,nation and the world, with the purpose of developing in the students rational and responsible attittudes and behaviour towards that situation.

orgin and development:

Population education programme in the country owes its orgin to the national seminar on population education held at bombay in 1969. The seminar recommended that population education be introduced in the curriculum.The national conference on population education held in new delhi in 1971, in which the directers of education of the different states  and other educationalist participated reiterated same recommendations. National population policy announced in 1976 and revised in 1977 stress the need to introduce 'population education' in schools. The joint meeting of all the boards of secondary education in the country held in new delhi in 1978 unanimously decided to include population education a topic of study in schools.The government of India in collaboration with the United Nations fund for population activities (UNFPA), launched the national population education project (NPEP) in 1980, to spread the message of small family norm among the school and college students.NCERT provides guidance and support to population education programmes in schools through SCERT.The higher education project is being implemented by the UGC through the universities and colleges.

Need and importance of population education:

Todays childrens are tomorrow's citizens and hence they should get an insight into population growth and its consequences.Education is the most effective way to conscientize people of the need for accepting 'small family norm'. Students can play a major role in spreading this message.They need to be sufficiently trained in 'how to spread the message'. Hence it is necessary to include population education in school curriculum.

Objectives of population education:

To develop an understanding of

i.      Relevant demographic concepts and processes.

ii.   The rapid growth of population and it causes.

iii.The influence of population trends on various aspects of human life.

iv. The evil effect of over population in the environment.

v.    The scientific and medical advancement resulting in the imbalance between death rate and birth rate.

vi. The biological factors and phenomenon of reproduction responsible for continuation of species.

vii.The merit of of small family norm.

viii. The relation between population size and the quality of life.

ix. The urbanization and its causes effects.

x.    An awareness of population policies and programmes of the country.

References

1.https://www.populationeducation.org

2.mudle.ac.in/pep.html