ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ON WASTE MANAGEMENT IN LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION (GRADES VI-IX), IN KOSOVO

In our country, environmental education institutions are still under development. The curricula and the number of lessons that are related to environment are unsatisfactory. The protection of environment is not a priority. Due to large quantities of waste scattered all over the place, it’s understandable that working towards the improvement of environmental education, is more than necessary. This survey was carried out at school level so as to find out what knowledge do students have about the waste management.The research population consisted of grade VI-IX students of “Bedri Gjina”, lower secondary school in Mitrovica and “7 Marsi” lower secondary school in Pristina. The survey covered questions regarding their knowledge about waste management.The results of this survey were processed through descriptive statistical methods with SPSS software.Survey shows that students have very scarce knowledge about waste management, and that it is more than necessary to increase the number of teaching hours, as well as to include a distinct subject about environmental education, particularly regarding the benefits of waste treatment and recycling.