Accomplishment of environmental education objectives in engineering colleges of Chandrapur city, Central India

The present study focused on achievement of environmental education objectives in students of engineering colleges of Chandrapur city, Central India. It primarily aims at assessment of environmental education objectives w.r.t. environmental knowledge, action, awareness and attitude of the engineering students. The study was carried out in 2016. For conducting this study the existing two colleges in the city were selected. Sample size for the study includes 60 students, which comprises of 30 male and 30 female students of first year who were learning UGC's environmental Studies Course and second year that were completed this course. The data was collected from the students through interview schedule which was analyzed on the basis of sample population response. The results revealed that the variables like gender, area, school and caste-category had significant impact in achieving environmental education objectives. It was observed that level of environmental awareness was higher 79.68% whereas participation level was low with 54.69% among engineering students.