Effect of Environmental Remediation Packages for Environmental Consciousness among Secondary School Students in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.2026239Keywords:
Environmental Remediation; Environmental Consciousness; and Secondary School Students.Abstract
The purpose of this research was to find out if environmental remediation methodology can improve environmental consciousness among secondary school students in Sokoto metropolis. Quasi control-experimental group pre-posttest model was employed were 313 students from intact classes of SS2 formed the sample of the study from all public secondary schools within Sokoto metropolis. Students’ Performance Test on Pollution (SPTP) with a reliability index of 0.78 was the instrument used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and independent sample t-test were used to analyzed the data (P=0.05). Utilizing environmental remediation packages was found to increase students’ environmental consciousness. Result also showed no significant difference between male and female environmental consciousness when taught using environmental remediation packages. To improve environmental consciousness among secondary school students, it was recommended that stakeholders should include environmental remediation as an instructional methodology in the Nigerian secondary school curriculum.
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