Population Education and Population Problem

POPULATIONPROBLEMAND
POPULATION EDUCATION
BY~
DEVATHARANI.S
I B.Ed MATHEMATICS
St.Christopher’s College of Education
TCP PRESENTO 2020, THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS, MADURAI.

POPULATION

POPULATION:
• The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.
• Or
• The total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole.
DEMOGRAPHY:
• Demography is the study of population and its dynamics, searching
for the trends and patterns in population.

CONCEPT OF POPULATION EXPLOTION
• Growth rate = Birth rate – Death rate + Total migration
i.e., Growth rate = Birth rate – Death rate + Immigration – Emigration
• When growth is zero then there is no increase in population.
• If growth rate is 0.00 to 1.00 then it is gentle
• If the growth rate is 1.00 to 1.5 then it is fast.
• If the growth rate is 1.50 to 2.00 then it is described as very rapid.
• If the growth rate is more than 2.00 then it is exploding.

CAUSES OF OVER POPULATION
• Poverty .
• Child labour.
• Poor contraceptive use.
• Immigration.
• Reduced mortality rates.
• Early marriage.
• Large family concept.
• Gap between birth rate and death rate.
• High fertility rates.
• General illiteracy and lack of knowledge.

CONSEQUENCES OF OVER POPULATION
• Exhaustion of natural resources.
• Environmental degradation.
• Rising unemployment.
• High birth rates.
• Insufficient land areas.
• Child poverty.
• Little amount of food.
• Low per capita
• Increasing of unhygienic condition.

POPULATION EDUCATION
MEANING:
 An exploding of knowledge and attitudes about population, the family
and sex.
 Were this includes population awareness, family living, reproduction
education and basic values.
DEFINITION:
“Population education is an educational programme which
provides 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 attitudes and behavior towards
that situation”.
-UNESCO

“Population education an educational programme which provides for a
study of the population phenomenon so as to enable the students to make
rational decisions towards problems arising of rapid population growth”.
-Mr. Gopal Rao
“The study of human population and how it affects and is affected by
several aspects of life; Physical, Social, Cultural, Political, Economic And
Ecological”.
-Lane and Wileman
“Population education is the study of human population in relation to
his environment with a view to improving his quality of life without
adversely affecting the environment”.
-Mr. Sharma

OBJECTIVES OF POPULATION EDUCATION:
• To give accurate inform to the students about the affect of changes in family size
and in national population on the individuals.
• To develop an understanding of the evil effects of over population in the
environment and the concomitant dangers from pollution.
• To develop an appreciation of the small family norms as proper and desirable.
• To develop an appreciation of the relation between population size and the
quality of life.
• To develop an appreciation of the fact that family size is a matter of deliberate
choice and of accident or forces beyond human control
• To develop awareness on the population dynamics.
• Provides necessary skills to evaluate the impact and consequence of population
growth on society.

POPULATION EDUCATION PROGRAMME:
• Ministry of education launched a population education programme with
effect from April 1980.
• The ministry of education decided to introduce population education along
with the formal education system.
• Central Sector Of Ministry Of Education and UNFPA (United Nations Funds
For Population Activities) were collaboratively framed this scheme.
• The main aim of the programme is to create an awareness among
youngsters about population problems and to realize their responsibilities
towards their nation.
• State level programmed are implemented by state government.

POPULATION EDUCATION IN PRIMARY
LEVEL:
Social life.
Health.
Nutrition.
Environment.
Family.

Demography implication.
Economic life.
Family life.
Social life
Nutrition.
Health.
Environmental education.

Sex.
Family life.
Social life.
Population growth.
Biological factors and population
growth.
Social development and population
growth.
Economic development and population
growth.
Environment education
Health and nutrition education

ROLE OF TEACHER IN POPULATION EDUCATION:
• The teacher should have an in-depth knowledge about population
education.
• Were the teachers plays an important role in social change.
• The teacher must aware of economic problems and biological factors
which is mainly caused due to over population.
• The teacher should be progressive, reinforcer, skilled, creative and far
sighted.
• Last but not least, the teacher must heave an interest and self confident.

NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY (1976 & 2000):
Proper place for population education in the total system of
education.
Greater attention to girls education.
Greater use of motivation, particularly in rural areas for increasing
acceptance of family planning.
Increasing in the age of marriage from 15 to 18 years for girls. And 18
to 21 years for boys.
An immediate target of meeting needs for contraception, healthcare,
infrastructure staff and services to improve reproductive health.

SUMMARY:
 One of the major problems which is rapidly increasing population. Population is the amount of people in certain area.
 Growth rate was calculated by using death rate, birth rate and immigration
i.e.,
Growth rate = Death rate – Birth rate + immigration.
 Over population will lead to child labour, environment degradation, lack of energy resources, agriculture may decrease,
lack of foods and unemployment.
 Causes of over population is poverty poor contraceptive use, child labour, immigration, reduced mortality rate, early
marriage, large family concept and high fertility rates.
 To create an awareness about the over population, education plays an important role. Hence population education was
implemented.
 The meaning of population education is, “An exploration of knowledge and attitudes about population the family and
sex. Were this includes populate awareness, family living, reproduction education and basic values”.
 According to Gopal Rao, “ population education an educational programme which provides for a study of the population
phenomenon so as to enable the student to make rational decisions towards problems arising of rapid population
growth”.
 Population education programme was launched by ministry of education with effect form April 1980. The central sector
of ministry of education and UNFPA collaboratively framed this.

 Population education was introduced in various levels of school curriculum like primary level, secondary level and
higher secondary level. Where the teacher plays an important role here.
 The teacher should have an in depth knowledge about the population education. And also the teacher must have an
interest and self confident. The teacher must reinforce the student and encourage them.
 There are some objectives for this population education that is:
 To develop an understand of the evil effects of overpopulation on the environment and the
concomitant dangers of pollution.
 To develop an appreciation of the effect that family size is a matter of deliberate choice and
human regulation rather than of accident or forces beyond human control
 To develop an awareness of population policies and programmed of the country. And so on.
 According to national population policy (1976 & 2000):
 Proper place for a population education in the total system of education.
 Greater use of motivations media, particularly in rural areas, for increasing acceptance of
family planning.
 Increasing in the age of marriage from 15 to 18 years for girls and from 18 to 21 years for
boys.
 An immediate target of meeting needs for contraception, healthcare, infrastructure, staff and
service to improve reproductive health.

REFERENCE:
https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com
https://justlearning.in/articles/population-education-in-india-meaning-objectives-problems/2019/08/29
https://www.preservearticles.com/education/meaning-and-definition-of-population-education/4755
https://egyankosh.ac.in
https://www.populationmedia.org/2010/09/17/how-serious-is-the-population-problem
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/population
https://www.activesustainability.com/sustainable-development/causes-consequences-overpopulation/
https://www.renewableresourcescoalition.org/overpopulation-causes-effects-solutions/
https://www.scribd.com/document/425921916/nature-objectives-and-scope-of-population-education

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
I would like to Thank Principal (Dr. S. Prakash) and Assistant
Professor (Dr. K. Kumareson, Mr. K. Thangavel and Mr. S. Raja Kumar) of
THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS for giving me the
opportunity to do this presentation on the Topic (POPULATION
PROBLEM AND POPULATION EDUCATION). By doing this
presentation I came to know about many things. Many of the images I used
in this presentation was taken from the source INTERNET. And I also
attached the reference link in above slide.

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