DEMOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES SYSTEM

Okwara O. Kalu

Abstract


The study investigated the demographic assessment of Environmental Education stakeholders and implications in Nigerian Universities. Demographics were used to identify in the study of quantifiable subsets within the population which characterized the population at a specific point in time. Survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 860 respondents comprising 60 Environmental Education Lecturers, 15 Administrators and 785 Environmental Education Students from five (5) Universities in three (3) geo-political zones viz; South-East, South-West, South-South were obtained from a population of one thousand two hundred (1200) using purposive sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire titled Environmental Education Implementation Questionnaire (EEIQ) with 10 research items. The Cronbach-Alpha  coefficient was used and a reliability coefficient of the instrument was determined as 0.93. The data were analyzed using percentage (%). The results revealed that there were 60 lecturers, 15 administrators and 785 environmental education students. Also revealed on qualification was that 23 lecturers have PhD, 9 have M.Sc., 5 have M.Ed./M.Sc. Ed, 17 have PGDE/PGCE, and 4 have B.Ed./B.Sc.(Ed), 13 have B.Sc (Ed) and 4 have B.Sc (Hons). On the ranks of environmental education lecturers and administrators, 5 were professors; 9 associate professors, 12 senior lecturers, 9 lecturer I, 16 lecturer II, 5 assistant lecturers, 4 graduate assistants and 15 administrators. There were 588 male and 272 female on the frequency distribution of sex of respondents in EE programme in Nigerian Universities. This study revealed that the numbers and qualities are below accepted standards in Nigerian Universities, in terms of ranks, qualifications and sex, especially in this era of combating climate change. Recommendations are related to students’ academic achievements, education and behavior change. 

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