Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to assess the extent of students’ achievement of environmental contents of social studies in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. Eight research questions guided the study and eight null hypotheses were tested. Literature was reviewed under four major sub-headings namely conceptual framework, theoretical framework, review of empirical studies, and summary of literature. The study adopted descriptive research design. The population of the study was two thousand four seventy-five (2475) senior secondary one (SS1) students. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to draw a sample size of seven hundred and twenty (720) SS1 students. Structured questionnaire developed by the researcher and validated by research experts was used for data collection. The instrument yielded overall reliability index of 0.88. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while t-test was used to analyzed the null hypotheses. The findings of the study were that there is no significant difference between male and female students’ mean score on their awareness of environmental problems, that there is a significant difference between urban and rural students’ mean score on their awareness of environmental problem, that there is no significant difference between male and female students’ mean score on their attitude towards environmental problems and issues, that there is a significant difference between urban and rural students’ mean score on their attitude towards environmental problems and issues, that there is no significant difference between male and female students’ mean score on their possession of the requisite skills for solving environmental problems, that there is a significant difference between urban and rural students’ mean score on their possession of the requisite skills for solving environmental problems, that there is no significant difference between male and female students’ mean score on their willingness to participate in environmental protection activities, and that there is a significant difference between urban and rural students’ mean score on their willingness to participate in environmental protection activities. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were drawn and relevant recommendations were made.
