Volume : 3, Issue : 6, JUN 2017

A STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG RURAL AND URBAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THIRUVALLUR DISTRICT

P.S. BALAJI, A.ANBALAGAN

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between environmental awareness among rural and urban secondary school students of Thiruvallur District. This study adopted survey method of research. participants were 300 secondary school students randomly selected from different schools in Thiruvallur District .The research instruments used for data collection was environmental awareness ability scale develop by Dr. Praveen Kumarjha (1998). Tested at 0.05 an 0.01 level of significance. The study reveals that the environmental awareness of male students is slightly better than the female mean score. The study reveals that the environmental awareness of English medium students is slightly better than the Tamil medium students mean score.

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