Assessment of the Perception of Senior Secondary School Students on Climate Change in Osun State

Year 2023, , 11 - 18, 28.02.2023

Oloidi Femi

https://doi.org/10.47806/ijesacademic.1235453

Abstract

This study examine the knowledge and awareness of the climate change among students in secondary schools in Osun state with the aim of determining the perception of students on climate change to create awareness, educate and inspire young people, particularly the students to do something about climate change. A total number of three hundred students were used for this study. The students were selected through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The quantitative data obtained was subjected to both descriptive and inferential analysis. The results from the data showed that there was a significant association between the sex of the respondents and their perception on climate change. Also, there was a significant association between the knowledge of the respondents and their perception on climate change. There is no significant correlation between the students’ awareness about the impacts of climate change and their perception of climate change. It was therefore concluded that there is correlation between the perception of the students and climate change. Creating more awareness on the impacts of climate change should be created among students, formation of climate change clubs among schools and incorporation of climate change education in subjects taught in schools were recommended.
Keywords: Students, Awareness, Knowledge, Climate change, Perception

Keywords

perceptions, students, accesment, perception, climate change, knowledge,, Osun state

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