Incorporating Green Chemistry Concepts into the Senior Secondary School Curriculum

Abstract

This paper aims at incorporating the green chemistry concepts into the senior secondary or high school chemistry curriculum. Researches and training in this all important area had been targeted towards universities and industries with little or no effort at inculcating the principles of green chemistry in the younger generation who are the future of every nation. Using the Nigerian Senior Secondary Curriculum as a case study for the proposed incorporation, it was observed that several of the contents could be made to incorporate the principles of green chemistry without much overburdening. It is the opinion of the authors that this effort will yield a long term benefit of producing chemists and industrialists who would enforce greener policies and work for safer environment. This would in turn help to achieve sustainable environment devoid of prevalent environmental problems that impact negatively on earth's biocapacity.