PERCEPTION OF PLASTIC POLLUTION AWARNESS, MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SECONDARY LEVEL TEACHER TRAINEES.

The purpose of this study was to find out the perception of plastic pollution and its relationship between the dimensions viz awareness, management and disposal of secondary level teacher trainees. Environmental issues are the major threats for many consequences happening now a day. Plastic pollution become one the most important environmental issues in today's polluted world. In this study, normative survey method was adopted. The sample consists of 1774 B. Ed, teacher trainees from Tamilnadu, India. The findings obtained from the research shows that gender made any significant difference among the B. Ed, teacher trainees. There was a significant difference obtained from the trainee teachers who were studying environmental as a subject, being a member of ecoclub and studying science as a stream of study. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that introducing environmental education as a major subject and encourages the trainees to get participated in awareness programmes related to environmental issue which enable them to understand the environmental issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]