VALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF TEXTILE STUDENTS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Abstract

Bangladesh has been experiencing serious environmental degradation for last few yearsspecially for textile and apparel industries. The objective of this research is to evaluatethe level of environmental education of outgoing textile undergraduate students and their perception abouttheenvironmentaldegradation.Aquestionnairewasdevelopedand administered to textile outgoing and 1stsemester students to assess their environmental concern, knowledge and responsibility.Two sample mean test was appliedto differentiate the level of understanding of these two groups of students. Binary logistic regression was usedto identify the most potential source to build up the consciousness amongthe students about pollution. The multiple regression analysis was done to assess the comparative role of knowledge and concern for showing the responsibility towards the environment. The result indicated that the level of understanding of outgoing students on environmental sustainability is not up to the mark, there is potential for further enhancing environmental learning.It revealed that responsibilitytoward the environmentis directly proportional to knowledge and concern. Findings also suggestedthat the university and the electronic media have a significant role to increase the environmental awareness among the students