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ABSTRACT
This study examined Knowledge of Climatic Condition among University of Benin Students. To make this possible five research questions were raised to determine the level of awareness university of Benin students have on climatic condition, assess if human activities affect the climatic condition, Greenhouse effect and how it affects the climatic condition, asses the most visible signs of climate change and what can be done to control the causes and effect of climate change.
Descriptive survey research design was adopted to accomplish the objectives of this study. The population of the study consists of 7369 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education and the sample size of 116 accessible students from three departments in the Faculty of Education was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire developed by the researcher and was validated by the researcher’s supervisor and two other experts from the Department of Health Safety and Environmental education. The Reliability Coefficient was 0.75 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha reliability method. The data collected were analyzed statistically using the statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) software.
The Study discovered that the level of Knowledge of Climatic Condition among University of Benin students was low and that human activities affect the climatic conditions as indicated by respondents. Finally, the study recommends that there is the need to establish climatic change awareness club in the tertiary institutions in university of Benin and the nation at large so as to mobilize the students who are future leaders on the importance of bracing up to the challenges of climate change, Governments and school management are encouraged to research and compile reports on climate change in participatory manner, involving students, many of which are unaware of the potential impacts of climate change, In terms of temperature the researcher strongly recommend enhanced agricultural inputs such as improved seedlings as well as irrigation to replenish moisture loss resulting from rapid evaporation and the researcher also suggest that government and private sectors should discourage deforestation, encourage afforestation and seek sustainable alternatives.
