ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN IMPHAL EAST AND IMPHAL WEST, MANIPUR

Abstract

The study aims to evaluate undergraduate students' awareness level in the peripheral state of Manipur in India. Environmental issues and problems have been a topic of concern in the world's current trends. The study's main objectives are to explore the levels of awareness of undergraduate students in Imphal East and Imphal West districts in 4 different colleges in Manipur and examine the awareness levels based on gender and residence of the students. A descriptive survey method was employed using a simple random sampling technique to select 200 undergraduate students. A Standardized scale, “Environment Awareness Ability Measure,” developed by Praveen Kumar Jha (1998), is used to measure the environmental awareness of undergraduate students of 4 colleges affiliated with Manipur University with 200 undergraduate students by using a simple random sampling method. The result reveals that the majority of the undergraduate students, that is, 53%, possess an above-average level of environmental awareness; there is a significant difference between male and female undergraduate students regarding their environmental awareness, and the study also reveals that students residing in Rural and Urban have a significant difference in their environmental awareness.