Assessments of Environmental Awareness Among the Some Selective University Students of Bangladesh

Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder

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Assessments of Environmental Awareness Among the Some Selective University Students of Bangladesh

Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder

Published in International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Received: 14 March 2017 Accepted: 10 April 2017 Published: 19 December 2017

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This study investigated the student’s awareness on environmental issues and problems and their behaviors towards the environment in different public and private universities in Bangladesh. In this regards data has been collected from the students of two public universities and two private universities. A sample of 400 students (60% male and 40% female) was drawn from these four Universities taking 100 students from each university and equally sharing the number between two categories like environmental background and non-environmental background. The analysis revealed that according to the perception of the surveyed students global warming (86.5%) and depletion of natural resources (71.2%) were two most important environmental problems in the world whereas in Bangladesh, arsenic contamination in ground water (93.2%) and natural resources depletion (71.2%) have found as major environmental problems. The study concluded that peoples’ education on environment (98%) is a most convenient solution for mitigating the problems and the printing & electronic media (78.8%) are most helpful means to bring awareness among people.

Published in	International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 2, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijecs.20170206.15
Page(s)	190-194
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Science and Technology, Environmental Education, Social Morals, Climate Change

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Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder

Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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