Environmental Awareness and Attitude towards Environmental Sustainability among Students of Federal College of Education, Obudu, cross River State-Nigeria

Abstract

The study is titled Environmental Awareness and Attitude towards Environmental Sustainability among students of FCE Obudu, Cross River State - Nigeria. The following research questions were formulated to guide the study: What is the level of environmental awareness towards environmental sustainability among students of FCE Obudu? What is the attitude of students of FCE Obudu towards environmental sustainability? Descriptive survey research design was employed and a questionnaire titled Environmental Awareness and Attitudes Towards Environmental Sustainability Questionnaire (EAATESQ) was used to obtain information from 100 respondents who were randomly sampled from the study population. The data obtained were analysed using simple mean and standard deviation. Findings from the study revealed above average level of environmental awareness among students of FCE Obudu by a mean score of 2.95 and standard deviation of 0.06and, below average/poor attitude towards environmental sustainability among students of FCE Obuduas indicated by a mean score of 2.45 and a standard deviation of 0.35.