Awareness and Causes of Climate Change in Technical Colleges in Nigeria

Abstract

Climate change is a global issue, as current disastrous occurrences in the world have confirmed, and studies have identified that persistent human activities also cause climate change. This study assessed the level of awareness and causes of climate change in Technical Colleges in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised all technical college students in Nigeria. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 600 technical college students (in their second and third years) in technical colleges across Nigeria. A self-developed questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.82 using Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used as the instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using simple percentages. The results showed that technical college students possessed a high level of awareness of the concept of climate change and had access to the sources of information. Recommendations include that climate change education should be structured and embedded in the curricula of technical colleges at all levels, and that training, re-training, empowerment, or enlightenment of the public and stakeholders in climate change should be carried out without bias, discrimination, or marginalization of any form.