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NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF POPULATION EDUCATION, , Oe Mie generation should be fully educated for a planned living. It is already high time to, € rising tide of population by making the younger generation conscious of the 87im realities of, sO, , 0 u > . . . . s. ’, , poate explosion. Thus, it is realised that population education should form an integral art of th, 3 m at different stages of education. Following points will help us in understanding th —, importance of population education for students: oe, , Ls Understanding the concept of population education: Population education is n, , an opportunity to the learners to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and val, understand the concept of population education., , neste to provide, es necessary to, , Scanned with CamScanner

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10., , il., , 12, , 13., , Understanding demographic concepts: Population education is needed to develop an, understanding of some basic demographic concepts and processes., , Understanding the causes of population explosion: Population education is helpful to develop, an understanding about the causes of population explosion., , Understanding the crisis of over population: Population education is needed to develop an, understanding about the crisis of over population., , Understanding population policies and programmes: Population education is important to, develop an understanding of the population policies and programmes of India and other countries., Appreciating small family size: Population education is helpful to develop an appreciation of, the small family size in a proper and desirable form., , Developing a positive attitude: Population education is needed to develop a positive attitude, for eradication of superstitions and wrong beliefs for population control., , Making conscious and informed decisions: Population education is important for the boys, , and girls to make conscious and informed decisions after proper understanding and evaluation, of the scheme of population education., , Understanding ways to control population: Population education is important to develop an, understanding about the ways adopted to control population., , Promoting economic development: Population education is needed to develop an understanding, among the younger generation that growing population is a big threat to our economic, development., , Developing a moral responsibility: Population education is needed in schools and colleges to, develop a moral responsibility among the students to make them aware that how their behaviour, influences the social structure and leads to social change., , Protecting modern civilisation: It is important to provide population education to boys and, girls in schools and colleges with a view to protect modem civilisation.and cultural heritage built, over the years., , Checking under-nourishment: Population education is needed to check under-nourishment, which affects the growth of an individual adversely. It enables the people to understand the, causes for under-nourishment and solutions to overcome it., , POPULATION EXPLOSION, , Population explosion refers to excessive rise or rapid growth in population. Thus, rapid rate of, growth of population is called population explosion. The combination ofa continuing high birth rate and, 4 low death rate is creating a rapid population increase in many countries of the world., , DENSITY OF POPULATION, , Density of population refers to average number of people living in per s, Population in a state or country is measured by dividin,, density of India is 382 persons per square kilometre, , quare kilometre. Density of, 1B its total population by total area, The Population, in 2011 while it was 325 Persons in 2001., , Scanned with CamScanner

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—— |, —_— or {, im causes of population explosion are, , een — f children born per thousand Person, High Birth Rate: Birth rate refers to a number 0 , "A Ye, , e refers to a number of people dying per thousand Person,, , 2. Low Death: Rate: Deuth rate "in,, = Birth Rate in India,, , @) Canves of Population Explosion due to High :, , Early marriage: Early marriage is a common practice in some of the parts of India, Prag,, period of girls becomes long due to early marriage and results in population explosion, , ~ Poverty: Poverty is another important cause of population explosion. The poor have big ¢,,, due to many reasons. Children are considered a source of income and social S€curity jn, , 3. Wiiteracy- M[literacy rate is high im India. [literate people fail to understand the importanes, family planning. They do not have awareness about the family planning measures, , 4. Agricultural occupation: India is an agricultural country. Children do not POVE to be a burden, on family as more persons are needed in agricultural operations. Accordingly, rural POPULation, , y per ‘, have large families., , 5. Low status of women. Women have low status in India. They are considered as child Producing, machines. They do not play an active role in family planning. They have to please the men in, every respect., , 6. Joint family system: India has a joint family system. It is an important source of social, security, Child rearing is easy in joint family system. This also results in population explosion., , (11) Causes of population explosion due to Low Death Rate:, , 1. Control on epidemics: India has exercised a large control on epidemics. Special programmes, , were launched to control epidemics like cholera, plague, T.B., small pox, malaria ete. This, , results in low death rate and increase in population., , WC, , Diy, , Pony, , infants at the time of birth., , 4. Awareness about health and hygiene: People in urban and tural areas are aware about the, , importance of health and hygiene, They attach more importance to cleanliness, This results i, healthy life in villages and cities,, , 5, Female education,, can take better care, children,, y nisation: Urbanisation in India is increasing day by day. Towns have more facilities *, ared to villages, This also results in fall in death rate,, , People are giving more importance to female education. Educated mothers, of their children. They are aware about the nutrition and hygiene of the, , , , , Scanned with CamScanner

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Compress =——, 4 NSEQUENCES/IMPACT/ADVERSE EFFECTS/ILL EFFECTS/, co, , OBLEMS OF POPULATION EXPLOSION, , - Unemployment: Population explosion is responsible for increase in unemployment. Providing, 1. jobs to all people is not possible. The number of Se See Hs eae every year., , Food shortage: Food shortage is a big problem in India due to IICLCBSIDE, population: Growth, , rate of food is less than growth rate of population in India. Therefore, increasing population has, , caused food shortage. :, , 3, Housing shortage: Housing shortage is another problem due 9 populaion explosion: A large, , : number of population live on footpaths or in slums. The situation is more critical in cities than, villages. 5 :, , 4, Inflation: India is a developing country. Demand is increasing where eS supply is less. This, imbalance between demand and supply has increased inflation in India. Prices of all articles are, rising due to rising needs of the people., , 5, Pollution: One of the major effects of population explosion is increase in environmental pollution., Pollution has become a major problem in India. Over population is responsible for water, air,, soil or noise pollution., , 6. Over -crowding: There is a mad rush everywhere. Our trains and buses are always overloaded., We find a huge rush at hospitals, railway stations, offices etc. due to over-population. There is, a shortage of facilities due to increasing demands of needy people., , 7, Low standard of living: Rapid growth of population accounts for low standard of living in, India. Even the basic necessities of life are not available adequately to the people., , §. Pressure on land: Rising rate of population growth exerts pressure on land. Per capita availability, of land is decreasing whereas the problem of sub-division and fragmentation of holdings goes, on increasing. It adversely affects the economic development of the country., , Impact on maternity welfare: In India, population explosion is the result of high birth rate., Frequent pregnancy without having a gap is harmful to the health of the mother and the child., This leads to high death rate among women in the reproductive age due to early marriage., Child labour: Child labour is used largely in India as a result of overpopulation. Children being, a source of income in poor families are deprived of their basic right of education., , CONTROL OF POPULATION EXPLOSION, , Following measures can be adopted to check population explosion:, 1, , 10., , Late marriage: The practice of late marriage can play an important role in checking population, growth. It reduces the effective child bearing period and helps in population control, , 2. Spread of education: Education can play an effective role to control population. Educated, people can understand the consequences of over population, Thus, people sora b, ; aware of the evils of overpopulation through mass education. es, , Change in social outlook: There is a need to, , ; bring a cha i i, People. Social attitude towards girl child or childless TET oot eam %%, , wo, , r People expand families due to the desire of male child pe cela ma, . Adoption: Adoption should be, , child should be encouraged to, , encouraged in the society. Par ents who, ts i, are not blessed with any, , , , Scanned with CamScanner

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6., , Standard of living: Efforts should be made to raise the standard of living of the people Hig, , standard of living helps in controlling the rate of growth of population. People prefer to hay,, small families in order to maintain their high standard., , Family planning measures: Family planning measures can play an effective role in controlling, population explosion. People should be made aware about the family planning measures through, print, electronic and social media., , Social security: Children are 1egarded as security in old age. More and more people should be, covered under-social security schemes by the government so that the old people may not, depend on children in the event of old age or sickness., , Publicity: The communication media like T.V., radio and newspaper are the good means to, propagate the benefits of the planned family to the uneducated and illiterate persons especially in, the rural and backward areas of country., , Women empowerment: Gender discrimination is a major reason for population growth, Emphasis should be laid on women empowerment. An educated woman, with awareness about, , health, hygiene, cleanliness, rights and responsibilities is capable of making decisions for her, family., , 10. Celebration of World Population Day: The World Population Day is a United Nations’ initiative, , celebrated on the 1 1th of July every year. All educational institutions should celebrate this day to, , spread awareness about the exploding world population and the importance of reproductive, health., , Scanned with CamScanner