A Study of Environmental Awareness Among Higher Secondary School Students of Bankura District in West Bengal

Nandini Banerjee; Amarnath Das

Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

A Study of Environmental Awareness Among Higher Secondary School Students of Bankura District in West Bengal

Nandini Banerjee, Amarnath Das

Abstract :

The study attempts to highlight the level of environmental awareness among the higher secondary school students of Bankura district in the state of West Bengal. The descriptive survey method was employed for the present study. A random sampling technique was used for selection of sample. The sample consisted of 100 higher secondary school students of six west bengal government aided higher secondary schools of Bankura. A Likert type scale for assessment of student’s environmental awareness was developed and standardised for the study. The data was organized and statistically analysed by using Mean, SD, ‘t’ test. In course of this analysis it was found that there was no significant difference in environmental awareness among higher secondary school students in respect of their gender, locality and academic stream.