Knowledge level of students on Earth summit issues and their correlates Kumar Alok1, Asstt. Professor-cum- Jr. Scientist, De Dipak2, Professor 1Deptt. of Extension Education, B.A.C. Sabour, R.A.U. Pusa, Email: alok.education@gmail.com 2Deptt. of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, B.H.U., Varanasi, Email: dedipak@gmail.com Abstract Environment and climatic changes are important issues for international community and it creates a deep thinking among every country to sort out the problems which will come in the near future and these are the main cause that in every decade an international gathering works on this. The study was also concern with international meet i.e. Johannesburg summit with aimed to identify the knowledge level and association of the selected independent variables i.e. Sex, Educational Qualification, Type of Schooling, Parent’s educational qualification, Occupation, Social Participation and Sources of information with the dependent variable i.e. Knowledge Level of respondents about Earth Summit issues. The study was conducted purposively in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. In Varanasi, there are 3 Universities; Out of these, B.H.U. was selected purposively for the study. B.H.U. have three Institutes, From these, Institute of Agricultural Sciences was purposively selected. The total number of newly enrolled students i.e. 2002-03 in Institute of Agricultural Sciences was 200. Out of this available students was 150. The total number of respondents was 150. The investigation showed that 85.34 % of the respondents have very optimistic view towards Earth summit issues and out of seven independent variables three were significantly related to the knowledge of Earth Summit issues. i.e. educational qualification of respondents, Parent’s educational qualification and sources of information utilized. The study was main concern with the students and on this basis it can be says that students are very much concern with these issues, Similar study can also be possible in other areas which can be helpful to get the overall result for the decision makers in effective way of policy formulation and implementations. Top Key words Earth Summit, Knowledge, Environment, Sustainability, Information. Top |