CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Okwara O. Kalu

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The study investigated the problems and prospects of Environmental Education Programme in Nigerian Universities. The study employed a survey design. Structured questionnaire was developed and used for data collection. A sample of 860 respondents, comprising 60 Environmental Education Lecturers, 15 Administrators and 785 Environmental Education students from five (5) universities in three (3) geo-political zones viz: South-East, South-West and South-South were obtained from a population of one thousand two hundred (1,200) for the study using purposive sampling technique. Two research questions were raised, answered using mean and standard deviations. A null hypothesis was raised and tested using t-test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. The instrument used was Environmental Education Implementation Questionnaire (EEIQ) for data collection with a reliability index of 0.90 using Cronbach-Alpha (a) coefficient. The findings revealed that; students lack science orientation, lecturers are poorly motivated, limited level of training and re-training of lecturers. It was therefore recommended that; the problems identified should be tackled by the government and that the prospects also identified should be vigorously pursued by the stakeholders. 


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