RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE OF POLLUTION, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND POPULATION ON STUDENTS' PRACTICES TOWARDS ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION IN IBADAN
Keywords:
Knowledge, Pollution, Solid Waste Disposal, PopulationAbstract
This study provides relative contribution of knowledge of pollution, solid waste disposal, and population on students' practices towards ecological degradation. Research design was descriptive survey The population was taking from Senior secondary school students in Oyo state. Twenty (20) public Senior Secondary Schools and their 600 students participated. Specifically, aspect of study was restricted to Students' Knowledge of Pollution (r=0.75), Knowledge of solid waste disposal(r=0.86), and Knowledge of population(r=0.79). These coefficients showed that the instruments were reliable for data collection. Two research questions were answered. Instruments designed by the researcher include: Students’ knowledge on Pollution, Solid Waste Disposal and Population Education (SKWDPE) and Students Environmental Practices Scale (SEPS). Data collection lasted for five (5) weeks. Data was analysed using Multiple Regression Analysis. Results revealed that only knowledge of pollution with (β = -0.245, t = -2.798, p < 0.05) and knowledge of solid waste disposal (β = -0.249, t = -2.514, p < 0.05) predicted students' practices towards ecological degradation. It was recommended that knowledge of sewage disposal of Sewage disposal and knowledge of pollution should be adopted as viable for studying environmental degradation.
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