A STUDY OF AWARENESS ABOUT THE GLOBAL WARMING AMONG THE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PUDUKKOTTAI DISTRICT

The purpose of this research is to find out the level of Awareness about the global warming among the higher secondary school students of Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu state. Descriptive survey design was employed to find out the awarenessof students. The sample consists of 250 students including both boys and girls. Tool was developed by the researcher to collect the data from the sample. Descriptive statistics, t-test, are techniques used to analyze the data .The result shows that the level of awareness about global warming among higher secondary school students is high. There exists a significant difference between boys and girls students in their awareness about the global warming. Therewas significant difference found with respect to urban and rural higher secondary school students about awareness in global warming. Urban students are better in awareness than rural students. There exists significant difference between government and private school students in awareness aboutglobal warming.