Report of Conscientization Program

Population Explosion

Introduction

           Population Explosion refers to the rapid increase in the number of people in an area. It is a situation where the economy of the country cannot cope up with the rapid growth of the population. Furthermore, in simpler words, it is a situation where the economy cannot provide proper facilities to its people.

Causes

            There are several reasons that affect the population explosion, which includes:

• death rate
• birth rate
• migration
• illiteracy
• lack of education
• unemployment
• better medical facilities

Effects

            The effects of population explosion includes:

• poverty
• unemployment
• ecological degradation
• burden of unproductive consumers
• over exploitation of resources
• lack of standard education
• lack of proper medical facilities
• decreased food security

Remedial measures

• minimum age of marriage 
• spread of education
• adoption
• change in social outlook 
• social security

Report

       A conscientization program was conducted on January 17th in class 9 B and an awareness class was taken on the topic 'Population Explosion'. The class was shared between the teacher trainees covering the areas like causes, effects and remedial measures for population explosion. The session helped to make an awareness among students on the dark side of increasing population. Majority of the pupils was not aware that the increase in population will have an adverse effect on the environment in the future. They shared their opinions and concerns regarding the issue after the class.