IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Abstract

Environmental development is a challenge facing African communities and especially Nigerians. The sustenance of a good environment depends on the participation of every stakeholders of the economy. The study examined environmental education and its implications for Sustainable Development Goals for sustainable community development in Ilorin Metropolis. Four hypotheses and four research questions were formulated based on variables like the concept of environmental education and sustainable development goals. 240 respondents were selected through the simple random sampling technique, and the close-ended structured type of Likert questionnaire was used for data collection. Chi-square was used to analyze the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance using SPSS 21.0. The findings of the study showed that proper environmental education as engaged in by both gender and action groups is key in achieving sustainable development goals 13 and 15, based on which conclusion and recommendations were made.