Assessment of Awareness Level and Practice of Environmental Management among Student in Ilorin, Kwara State
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2020-12
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FUDMA International Journal of Social Sciences
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Environmental problems have attracted attention of individuals, organizations and governments all over the world. The increase in environmental concerns had continued to highlight the influential factors on environmental protection such as environmental behaviour, awareness, knowledge and attitude. This study assesses the level of awareness and practice of environmental management in public schools in Ilorin. Six (6) public schools representing 12% were randomly selected from a total of fifty schools. Three hundred and twelve (312) copies of questionnaire were administered to respondents using Taro Yamane Formula of determining sample size. The administration of questionnaire was done through a random sampling technique. The result showed that 34%, 31% and 35% of the respondents had high, moderate and low level of awareness on environmental management. Furthermore, the major environmental problems identified by respondents in the sampled school indicated that bad toilets, indiscriminate urination in public places, burning of waste in open spaces ranked I", 2nd and 3rd respectively with a mean weighted score of 2.62, 2.61 and 2.53 respectively. More so, 81% of the public schools sampled indicated that they perform weekly sanitation with 94% of the students participating in the sanitation. The study therefore recommends that proper environmental management habit of the respondents in public schools should be sustained and eradicates such habits of burning waste, indiscriminate urination in open spaces among others
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environment, public schools, management, protection and challenges