Environmental Awareness among Elementary School Students

The present study is set out to inquiry the environmental awareness among the elementary school students. The study was conducted through descriptive survey method. The researcher used environmental awareness test developed by D.Bhoi (2005) to study the environmental awareness among elementary school students. The sample of the study consists of 120 elementary school students reading in class 8th of Jharsuguda sadar block including both rural and urban area. The data collected were analyzed using percentage and t-test. The major findings reveal that in the rural areas 48.33% of students have average as well as below average level of environmental awareness. Near about 66.7% urban area students have average level of environmental awareness. There is significant difference between urban and rural students of class 8th in relation to environmental awareness and urban students have better environmental awareness than rural students.