International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume VI, Issue X, October 2022|ISSN 2454-6186
Peters Rebecca Nzubechukwu, Nzube. A. Chukwuma
Department Environmental Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
Abstract: This study sort to examine the level of participation and the attitudes especially amongst university student towards environmental sanitation. The study aims to examine the level of participation and attitude of students toward environmental sanitation in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, with 3 distinct objectives; a)to examine the awareness level of student towards Environmental Sanitation across age in Unizik, b)to identify the level of participation of student towards environmental sanitation practice across gender in Unizik c)to evaluate the attitude of Unizik students towards environmental sanitation practices as regards their permanent residence.Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The descriptive research design was used for the study, using a random sampling technique, 396 students were sampled for the study. The study adopted the broad theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behaviour. The data was collected using the administered questionnaires via the Likert scale instrumentation and analyzed using the Chi-square statistical technique to test the hypothesis at a significant level of 0.05. Generally, the findings of this study indicated that the awareness level of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Student varies with ages, as higher aged (23-26) had the highest level of awareness, participation level varied across gender, with females having a higher level of participation and the attitude posed by students towards Environmental sanitation is directly influenced by the residential/home address of the student to either Urban area or rural areas. The study recommends that Students should be encouraged to participate in environmental sanitation, and be taught through seminars, workshops and media, to foster positive changes in the attitudes and increase the level of participation and awareness of environmental sanitation amongst student.
Keywords: Environment, Sanitation, attitude, behaviour, participation, University students
I. INTRODUCTION
Poor environmental quality is increasingly recognized as a major threat to social and economic development and even to human survival (Acheampong, 2010). The impacts of environmental deterioration are severe on developing countries thus hindering and undermining their development (Bello, 2007). The world Health Organization (WHO) (2008) defined environmental sanitation as the control of all those factors in man’s physical environment, which exercise or may