Thursday, July 29, 2010

POPULATION EDUCATION

All the living beings in this world live in groups. Each such group is loosely called population. Each population performs its activities differently and interacts with the non-living world in its own way. Some people think that population education is only the study of population related issues. On the other hand, some others consider population education as getting information about a population situation, various issues affecting it and ways of managing the issues. However, in reality an education cannot be limited to getting information and studying issues. Education should in a broader manner with process of bringing changes in human behavior. Therefore, population education can be defined as a process of developing awareness and understanding of population situation amongst people and making them more responsible towards managing population. Population education makes the people aware of population related issues. It also brings about changes in their behavior. By doing so, it makes the people more responsible towards solving population related problems. Thus, there is an improvement in the quality of their lives. The ultimate aim of population education is to create a happy family life. To do so, it has to influence the overall behavior of people towards population problems as well as to teach them ways to manage their day-to-day problems.

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