DETERMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE OF STUDENT-TEACHERS OF CHURACHANDPUR DISTRICT OF MANIPUR, INDIA

The present study focused to find out the environmental attitude of student-teachers of Churachandpur District of Manipur, India. Further, the study attempted to identify the environmental attitude of student-teachers according to their parents' educational qualifications. The study also aimed to determine the environmental attitude of student-teachers in Churachandpur District of Manipur, India, according to their parents' occupations. The universe of the present study comprised of all the student-teachers of college of teacher education in Churachandpur District of Manipur, India. The sample of the study was randomly drawn and consisted of 86 student-teachers, which comprised of 30 male and 56 female. The study employed descriptive survey and analytical method. The collected data were analyzed by using MS-Excel and by adopting appropriate statistical techniques like Mean, Standard Deviation, and Percentage. The hypothesis of the study was tested by computing p-value and accordingly they were rejected and or not rejected (accepted). The Major Findings of the study revealed a high level of environmental attitude for the student-teachers of College of teacher education, Churachandpur, The study found out that there is no significant relationship between the environmental attitudes of different group of the student-teachers according to their fathers' educational qualifications and their fathers' educational qualifications. The environmental attitude of student-teachers whose fathers' occupation is teacher, retired, cultivator and administrative departments was high and that of self-employed and other was moderate. The study showed that there is no significant relationship between the environmental attitudes of different group of the student-teachers according to their mothers' educational qualifications and their mothers' educational qualifications. The environmental attitude of studentteachers whose mothers' occupation is cultivator and others was high and that of self-employed teacher, retired, and administrative departments was moderate.