AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT

Environment and the organisms are two dynamic and complex component of nature. Environment regulates the life of the organisms including human beings. Human beings interact with the environment more vigorously than other living beings. It is the sum total of conditions in which an organism has to survive or maintain its life process. It influences the growth and development of living forms. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the awareness and attitude of school students towards environment and related issues. To study this phenomena survey method has been used. The study was conducted on 160 students (girls and 80 boys). The students were randomly selected from different schools of Shimla. For the purpose of data collection environmental attitude scale and environmental awareness tests were administered on them. The data was collected personally from the schools. To analyze the data t-ratio was calculated. The results revealed that both male and female have equal awareness towards environment and female students are having better attitude towards environment than male students.