LITERACY EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS TOWARDS FLOODING IN NIGERIA

Abstract

 This study investigated literacy education and environmental awareness towards flooding in Nigeria. This investigation was carried out among communities affected by flood in Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research  design. Accidental sampling was employed to sample 600 community members as the desired
sample. The instrument for data collection was a 30-item structured questionnaire, structured on 5-point Likert scale of Very High Extent, High Extent, Moderate Extent, Low Extent and Very Low Extent with assigned weight of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 respectively. The questionnaire was face and content validated. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined using the Cronbach Alpha statistics, the analysis which yielded a coefficient value of 0.78. Data collected for this study was done through the direct delivery approach (DDA), the data was analysed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that literacy  education and awareness of causes of flooding in communities in Nigeria was rated to a high
extent; literacy education and awareness of effect of flooding in communities in Nigeria was rated to a moderate extent; literacy education and strategies for mitigating the effect of flooding in communities in Nigeria was rated to a moderate extent. The study recommended among others that relevant contents of core subjects that contain lots of environmental content
such as Geography, Biology, Social Studies, Civic Education, Agriculture Science, Health Education amongst others should be designed and taught in adult literacy education centres.