Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Environmental Education and Awareness Practices among Secondary School Students

Dr. K. Leelavathi

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This present study carried out focused on environmental awareness and practices related to an assortment of factors like causes of pollution, maintenance of soil, forest, air, etc., energy conservation, maintenance of human health, and wild life and animal husbandry. It also discusses environmental practices among secondary school students with regard to the usage of plastic and its disposal, alternative for plastic, toilet usage, its use in the cultivation, rainwater harvesting and also their participation in environment related programmes. The sample was secondary school students at Tirupati in chittoor district Andhra Pradesh. This study will support those who are working with for the environment related cases and environmental education is part of their curriculum; they can implement what they learnt. The study is quantitative in nature. It reveals that the level of awareness is high among the respondents irrespective of gender difference but in practice level there is difference between genders i.e. males practicing more than females. This study also proposes some recommendations to protection the environment in India.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PRACTICES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, Dr. K. Leelavathi INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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