Secondary School Students’ Attitude Towards Environmental Issues in Karachi Pakistan

Abstract

This paper examined high school students’ attitudes toward the environmental issues (pollution of air and
water, overuse of resources, global changes of the climate etc.) with respect to school system. The
questionnaire-based Relevance of Science Education (ROSE) Project was used to collect data from 10th
grade 312 students. Data was analyzed using (SPSS) the non- parametric equivalent of the independent ttest.
The results of the study indicate that there were significant difference between government and
private schooling systems students’ attitudes. Private schools students reported to have a significantly high
degree of positive attitude towards environmental issues as compared to their government counterparts.
The results of the study provide significant insights into students’ attitude towards environmental issues
towards discipline in both government and private secondary schools. Based on the results of the study,
some recommendations have been put forward for policy and practice. Furthermore, the results of the
study can be used as a base line for further studies. The authors offer suggestions, based on the results, for
further research to identify reasons for differences between government and private school, so as to
improve environmental education in Pakistani schools.