Attitude of School Students towards Environmental Awareness in Birbhum District, India

Environmental awareness among students is highly influenced by their background, knowledge, attitude and sensitivity towards the environment. The objectives of this study were to identify the level of concern and attitude towards environmental issues with regard to gender variation and locale variation that are occurring among students of Birbhum district, India. Environmental Awareness Measurement Scale (EAMS) was used for collecting data from a random sample of 181 secondary and senior secondary school students. This standardised tool is meant for measuring attitude towards five specific dimensions of environmental issues. Statistical techniques such as mean, standard deviation and t test were applied for analysis of data. The results revealed that there is significant influence of class of study and locality of the school on the environmental awareness of school students of Birbhum District, India. However, there is no significant difference of environmental awareness among male and female students.