Environmental Values a Predictor for Sustainable Development

Abstract

Education is one of the most important tools for the progress of the nation. It is also a tool for achieving sustainable development. Sustainable development comprises of three areas i.e. society, economy and environment. These three components are intertwined. Well being of the one ensures the stability of the other two. In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process, and cannot be considered in isolation from it. Therefore it is important for the school to inculcate environmental values among students. Values are basically the preferences related to ones action and if the values of the individual towards environment is high it will definitely pave a path for sustainable development, therefore investigators investigate the level of environmental values among students. The sample of 160 high school students for this study was selected by stratified random sampling. The collected data were subjected to statistical analysis. The results of the study inferred that students who studied in private schools and belong to urban areas of Bhopal District have higher level of environmental values than their counterparts’ i.e. students of government schools which belongs to rural area. It was also found that female students of both urban and rural areas have higher level of environmental values than the male students.