Environmental Awareness Among Higher Education Students

Abstract

Environmental awareness is the impression of being knowledgeable about the environment. It states the set of principles, opinions, and morals that assist us in contributing to the well-being of the natural environment thus analysing and understanding the problems associated with it. In the existing scenario, knowing, identifying, and familiarizing ourselves with our environmental surroundings has made us aware of the crucial danger that it is in. The conservation, protection, and preservation of the natural environment have become of the highest importance because of the constant neglect that the students have shown towards it. Environmental education plays a significant role in the development of environmental awareness. So, the researcher wanted to conduct this research. The objective of the present study was to find out about Environmental Awareness among Higher Education Students. This study is done by using the Descriptive Survey Method and the Researcher has analysed data in a qualitative approach. A total of 100 samples have been taken from UG and PG students of various departments of the University of Kalyani. The Researcher framed one questionnaire consisting of 30 questions with 4 options. After the data analysis, the Researcher found that - PG students are more aware than UG students, Male students are more aware than Female students, Rural and Urban students are equally aware of Environmental Awareness, Reserve and Unreserve category students are equally aware of Environment Awareness, and Science students are more aware of Environment Awareness than Arts students.