KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN JALINGO LGA, TARABA STATE.

Abstract

Climate change is a global issue resulting from diverse anthropogenic activities. This study
assessed the knowledge of climate change among some selected secondary schools in Jalingo
metropolis, with the objectives to assess the knowledge level on climate change among students of
secondary schools in Jalingo metropolis, to identify the sources of information on climate change
among secondary school students in Jalingo Metropolis. The population of the study constitutes
400 students out of 7437 secondary school students in Jalingo. The study adopts a cross-sectional
description survey design, data collection was done using KoboCollect and analyzed using SPSS.
The finding of the result shows a positive response from the respondents with 80.8% knowledge
level. The study showed that there is a relationship between gender of students and climate change
knowledge (P=0.293), There is no significant relationship between the Parents/Guardian
occupation and that of climate change knowledge among the secondary school students in Jalingo
metropolis (p=0.709), the analysis shows that there is a significant relationship between age of
students and the knowledge of climate change (p=0.001) The study recommended climate should
be introduce into primary and secondary curriculum as an independent subject of it own, climate
change should be integrated into general studies in the universities, ministry of education should
develop teaching and learning materials in the field of climate change for education and
instruction