Authors : Tohman Wangshol Anal; Yaiphabi Akoijam; Wangkhem Chaoton Meetei

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 2 - February

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26feb733

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Abstract : “The first step towards maintaining the environment is raising people's awareness of it” (Chandra and Kumar, 2025). Therefore, this investigation was conducted to find out the environmental awareness level of high school students of Chandel District, Manipur using some dependent variables that might affect the level. The sample consist of 200 student respondents studying in class IX and X from the three randomly selected schools (one private and two government run schools) located at Chandel District, Manipur. Environmental Awareness Ability Measure scale constructed and validated by Dr. Praveen Kumar Jha was used as a tool of the research. Results indicated that 93% of the students under study possesses high and above average environmental awareness. It was concluded from the mean scores that female students, private students, class X students, day scholar students and students from joint family background were observed to be more environmentally aware from their respective counterparts. Further, the results showed the difference in the environmental awareness between class IX and X students and also between joint family background and nuclear family background students were statistically significant.

Keywords : Environmental Awareness, High School Students, Chandel District, Manipur.

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