A Comparative Study of Environmental Attitude and Awareness among the Senior Secondary Boysand Girls Students of Aligarh District, U.P in Relation to Their Stream

In the era of science and technology environmental education gain utmost importance because it is the human needs and greed which leading the environment becomes uninhabitable for living being. It is very necessary to make the people aware about the causes and effect of environmental degradation on living being. The present investigation has been carried out to compare the environmental attitude and awareness among the girls and boys senior secondary students of Aligarh district (U.P) in relation to their stream of education. The investigator used descriptive survey method and Environmental Awareness Ability Measurement (EAAM) scale as tool andsystematic random sampling technique applied for data collection. The investigator found difference among girls and boys student about environmentalattitude and awareness but did not find any valid reason for such difference. The researcher also found differenceamong the science and arts students. Though the result showed that all the student have knowledge about environment but intra-stream difference is also there. The science stream girls were very much concerned and aware, and have protective attitude towards environment.