Environmental Awareness and Environmental Education at the School Level

Author: Hiran Kanti Mukherjee & Dr. Santanu Biswas

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/03040007

Abstract: Environmental education and awareness are crucial in India to overcome the major environmental challenges that the world is currently facing. It has been increasingly obvious in recent years that environmental education must be incorporated into school curriculum to instil in the next generation a filling of responsibility and sustainability. With increasing environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution etc., the role of education in promoting environmental literacy has become more vital than ever before. The National Curriculum Framework(NCF) 2005, early emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary approaches and activity based learning to help students comprehend the complex relationships between human system and the natural environment (NCERT 2005).

Keywords: Environmental Education, Curriculum, Sustainability, NCF, NCERT.

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