Environmental Literacy Awareness and Information Dissemination among Adolescents in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area Secondary Schools In Cross River State, Nigeria

This paper assessed the level of environment literacy awareness and information, dissemination among adolescents in secondary schools in Cross Rivers State. This becomes very necessary especially when it is realized that most of the misconceptions and insufficient knowledge about climate change concepts arise due to ignorance of the various categories of audience affected by the change. Four hundred (400) respondents were picked from six senior secondary schools and stratified sampling methodology facilitated the selection of the students from the various classes using the class register as the sample frame. Questionnaires were used to obtain data and information from the respondents. The response were tested using chi-square statistical analyses at 0.05 level of significance. Results showed that information promotes the understanding and awareness of climate through the generation and dissemination of general and technical fads that leads to attitudinal/ behavioral change among adolescents. Based on this, it was recommended that environmental education should be inculcated in the curriculum from primary school level. That awareness campaigns and public enlightenment by the Ministry of Information and Ministry of Environment should be intensified through print and electronic media, workshop and place to inform, educate various target audiences on the consequences of environment problems.

Keywords: Environmental Literacy, Awareness, Information Dissemination, Adolescents