Population Education In Vocational Training Programme

Importance of Population Education for the Trainees
Population Education will help the trainees to:
1. Develop awareness and understanding about population issues-•
• Population situation at the national and global level;
• Process and causes of population change;
• Concept of quality of life in different socio-cultural settings;
• Inter-relationship between population change and different aspects of
life at the micro and macro level;
• Relationship between population change and consumption of resources
now and in future; and
• National concerns and priorities.
2. Understand the physiological and emotional changes during the process of
growing up.
3. Acquire correct information about sexuality and reproductive health.
4. Acquire information about marriage and responsible parenthood.
5. Form right attitudes about gender roles and family responsibilities.
6. Adopt responsible reproductive behaviour.
7. Develop rational attitudes, values and skills for taking responsible
decisions and actions regarding population related issues and quality of
life.
Step-4 Tell the trainees that -
• The main concepts involved in Population Education are Population, Socio-economic
Development, Environment and Quality of Life. We will now attempt to understand
these concepts.
Step-5 Divide the class into four equal groups and name them as -
1. Population Group
2. Socio-Economic Development Group
3. Environment Group
4. Quality of Life Group
Step-6. a. Give the following task to the groups by writing on the blackboard-
Task
Each Group has to discuss and describe in writing the underlined term of its
name in terms of its components/ elements/characteristics.
Note: You can explain the task by giving the following example-
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