Relationship Between Perceptions And Attitude Of Secondary School Students In Kaduna Metrolpolis Towards Environmental Problems

📄 Project Abstract

A need for better perception of environmental problems and better attitudes toward the environment among secondary school students in Kaduna metropolis and find out the difference between male and female students' attitudes towards environmental problems. The instruments used were APEP and ATE questionnaires adapted by the researcher to collect data from 375 senior secondary school students. Reliability coefficients, r= 0.74 and 0.69 were obtained for the questionnaires respectively. The data collected were analysed using Pearson-moment correlation coefficient and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. From the analysis, the following findings were obtained:- 1. There was significant relationship between perception and attitude of students toward environmental problems. 2. There was no significant difference between male and female students in their attitude towards environmental problems. 3. There was no significance difference between the students (male and female) on perception of en...