Environmental Awareness of Government and Non-Government College Students of Chandigarh.

Harjeet Kaur Sra

doi:10.24297/ijrem.v11i.8659

Authors

Harjeet Kaur Sra Guru Nanak College of Education, Majatri (Mohali)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/ijrem.v11i.8659

Keywords:

Environmental Awareness, Govt. And Non-Govt. College Students

Abstract

The present investigation is carried out to study the Environmental Awareness of Government and Non-Government College Students of Chandigarh. The sample consisted of 200 (100 male and 100 female) govt. And non-govt. College students of Chandigarh. The investigator has used. Self-prepared standardized Environmental Awareness Questionnaire (EAQ) for collection of data. The data collected was processed for statistical analysis through a t-test. There was no significant difference between boy and girl college students with regard to their Environmental Awareness (EA). A significant difference in the EA scores was found in the government and non-government college students of Chandigarh at 0.05 level, which was in favour of non-govt. College students. Also, significant difference was found in the level of EA of college students living in the rural and urban areas of Chandigarh favouring the urban group.

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Author Biography

Harjeet Kaur Sra, Guru Nanak College of Education, Majatri (Mohali)

Assistant Professor

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