Discuss the main objectives of Population Education and point out the measures to achieve them in India in detail.
1. Population education creates awareness of population
Population education creates awareness of population dynamics, its links to resources, environment and quality of life.
2. Its core objectives are rational attitudes
Its core objectives are rational attitudes to family size, delayed marriage, spacing of children and the small-family norm.
3. It also covers reproductive health
It also covers reproductive health, sex education, maternal and child health, and gender equity.
4. Demographic literacy
Demographic literacy, understanding birth, death and migration rates, prepares informed citizens and responsible parents.
5. Measures: integrating population education into school
Measures: integrating population education into school and university curricula, reinforced by NEP 2020’s adolescent education thrust.
6. Measures: family planning services
Measures: family planning services, contraceptives, counselling and sterilisation under the National Family Planning Programme since 1952.
7. Measures: mass media campaigns such as
Measures: mass media campaigns such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and radio-TV spots reshaping attitudes on family size.
8. Measures: community outreach through ASHA workers
Measures: community outreach through ASHA workers, Anganwadi centres and SHGs for doorstep awareness and behaviour change.
9. Way forward: lifelong learning
Way forward: lifelong learning, digital literacy and linking population education to sustainable development goals.
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