CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS (EAW) AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION (EAC) OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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Environmental education has gained importance as a subject of study from school education through to higher education. In today’s world of fast increasing pollution and environmental deterioration, it is also considered to be the need of the day. Being aware of environmental issues is important but what is crucial for protection of environment is environmental action. Students are the key to the future society and hence it is necessary to assess their environmental awareness and environmental action which is the objective of this study. The influence of gender on both environmental awareness and environmental action was also a determining factor in this study. The study was conducted in MANUU, Hyderabad, India. The total sample was 200 of which 100 were girls and 100 were boys. The results of this study showed that UG students had a high environmental awareness but very low environmental action. There was a significant influence of gender on the variables in the study - Environmental Awareness and Environmental Action. Girls showed better environmental awareness and environmental action as compared to boys. The government needs to take up an initiative to mobilise environmental action amongst students, so that conservation of environment for the future generations becomes a concrete reality.
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