EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF TEXTILE STUDENTS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

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Zannat
M. Abdul Jalil
Iqbal
Alam

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Bangladesh has been experiencing serious environmental degradation for last few years specially for textile and apparel industries. The objective of this research is to evaluate the level of environmental education of outgoing textile undergraduate students and their perception about the environmental degradation. A questionnaire was developed and administered to textile outgoing and 1st semester students to assess their environmental concern, knowledge and responsibility. Two sample mean test was applied to differentiate the level of understanding of these two groups of students. Binary logistic regression was used to identify the most potential source to build up the consciousness among the students about pollution. The multiple regression analysis was done to assess the comparative role of knowledge and concern for showing the responsibility towards the environment. The result indicated that the level of understanding of outgoing students on environmental sustainability is not up to the mark, there is potential for further enhancing environmental learning. It revealed that responsibility toward the environment is directly proportional to knowledge and concern. Findings also suggested that the university and the electronic media have a significant role to increase the environmental awareness among the students.

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Zannat, BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology

Meheraz Zannat is a Lecturer of Statistics at BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology

Iqbal, BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology

Tareq Iqbal is a Lecturer of Textile Engineering & Management at BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology

Alam, BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology

Md. Rubel Alam is a Lecturer of Knitwear Manufacturing & Technology at BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology