A Study on the Environmental Awareness of Students Studying at Secondary Level in Government Schools of South Sikkim

Authors: Dr. Dona Rai , Ms. Parumita Rai

Pages: 28-31

Abstract:

We all are grateful for what our environment has and is giving us for our survival. It is much needed to transfer this knowledge toyounger generation and so incorporation of environmental awareness is important in school curriculum so that students aremade aware and will be able to develop positive attitude towards it. Further, they will be able to gain knowledge on ways ofsustaining the environment. Hence, this paper is an attempt to understand the attitude of students of Government SecondarySchool towards environmental protection and the level of awareness they have on the impact of environmental degradation. Forthis, Environment Ability Awareness Measure (EAAM) was used which was constructed and standardized by P. K. Jha (1998).