STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN RELATION TO LOCALITY AND CULTURE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN DURG DISTRICT, CHHATTISGARH

Kanchan Sinha; Dr.Kanak Sinha; Dr.Vijay Kumar Sinha

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN RELATION TO LOCALITY AND CULTURE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN DURG DISTRICT, CHHATTISGARH

Kanchan Sinha, Dr. Kanak Sinha, Dr. Vijay Kumar Sinha

Abstract :

The Environmental issues are major global problem of important concern.The present study focuses on the analysis of level of Environmental Awareness among adolescents(student of Govt.Higher Sec.School) in Durg district in the state of Chhattisgarh, in relation to Locality and culture. The sample consisted of 200 Adolescents(student of higher secondary school),which include 100 boys and 100 girls of Tribal and Non-tribal Culture from rural and urban background. A Standardized Environmental Awareness Ability Measure (EAAM) by Dr. Praveen Kumar Jha were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using t-test. The main conclusion is that, Tribal Adolescents have more Environmental Awareness than Non-tribal Adolescents and found significant difference between rural and urban background adolescents. Rural adolescents were more aware than urban adolescents.