A Comparative Study Of Awareness About Education For Sustainable Development Among Undergraduate Students Of Science And Social Science

Abstract

Education for sustainable development allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future. Basic education is a key to nation’s ability to develop and achieve sustainability target. Education for the future Mankind needs to change the way they live, the way they consume, and the way they promote business if they want to ensure a sustainable world for the future generations. Green growth should be the policy in government, industry, school, colleges and universities. Education for Sustainable Development is a major concern for 21st century in our society, So Today’s need of the world is genuine and urgent, yet it is important to develop such a way through which future generation can fulfill their needs. So, it is necessary to involve all the pupils for sustainable world. Students are a big portion of society, so awareness among them about sustainable development is very necessary to achieve the success. The aim of the present study is to compare the awareness about education for sustainable development among undergraduate students of science and social science. The sample consisted of youth in the age group of 20 to 25 years. It was 200 (100 male and female students of faculty of science and 100 male and female students of faculty of social science) selected randomly. Descriptive survey method was applied to conduct the study. Sustainable Habits Scale (2017) By Sona Dixit and Laxmi Khandelwal was used to study the difference between the awareness about education for sustainable development among undergraduate of B.Sc. and B.A students. In the conclusion there is no significant difference between the awareness about Education for Sustainable development among undergraduate students of science and social science.

Keywords- Education, Awareness, Sustainable development and Undergraduate Students.