ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS AMONG GIRL STUDENTS IN THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT
Author(s):
Dr. S.Kanthimathinathan
Keywords:
environmental protection, solid waste dumping, environmental education, contamination, global warming
Abstract
Environmental awareness is the first stage eventually important to the capability to carry on accountable performance by citizens. This present study is intended to understand the environmental awareness among the girl students of Thoothukudi district. The research is based on primary and secondary data both. The primary data were obtained from 120 girl studentsfrom thesixth standard to postgraduateof Thoothukudi District using simple random sampling method. Secondary data was taken from research papers, journals, magazines and websites. For data analysis, percentage analysis, tabulation, averages, standard deviation, t-test, chi-square test and probability analysis tools are used. The data relates to the month of November2017. It is seen that out of the 120 girl students, only 13 percentgirl students had knowledge about environmental protection before learning environmental studies but 94 percentgirl students had gained knowledge about environmental protection after learning environmental studies.In order to find out whether there is any correlation in the knowledge about environmental protection before and after learning environmental studies, chi-square test has been applied. As the calculated value of Chi-square is greater than the table value at 1 percent level of significance, there is a relationship in the knowledge about environmental protection of the respondents before and after learning environmental studies in the study area.According to the study, the level of knowledge and awareness towards anenvironmentof girl students was found low in the variables namely global warming, toxic waste disposal, marine pollution and air pollution.The mean score values of these variables are1.24, 1.36, 1.15 and 1.61 respectively. The level of knowledge and awareness towards anenvironmentof girl students was found high in the variables namely extreme manipulation of natural resources, solid waste dumping, environmental education, contamination of fresh water and protect the environment. The mean score values of these variables are 3.42, 3.51, 3.69, 3.38 and 3.57 respectively. The significant difference among the level of knowledge and awareness towards an environment of girl students is found high in all aspects of
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Unique Paper ID: 145210

Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 4, Issue 8

Page(s): 58 - 63
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