Physics Students’ Level of Awareness of, Knowledge of and Attitude towards Practices Enhancing Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in Anambra State, Nigeria

The challenging impact of globalization, knowledge explosion and industrialization have persisted as major sustainable development issues in recent years. A lot of discussions have been on-going on how to sustain our environment, though it is still not certain whether it has really permeated into the fabrics of our everyday living in terms of putting into practice the recommendations of sustainable development goals set up by united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO). Enhancing attainment of SDGs to ensure that the younger generation is taken care of in our developmental ventures especially in Anambra State. Education system is a very appropriate medium to be used to sensitize the populace especially the younger on the importance of maintaining a sustainable culture. Physics is an important tool for technological development and as such, it is very important to find out the level of physics students’ awareness of, knowledge of and attitude towards practices To this end, this study investigated Physics students’ level of awareness, knowledge of and attitude towards practices that enhance sustainable development goals in Anambra State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study was all the students studying Physics in all the public secondary schools in Anambra State, Nigeria totaling about 9,539 in 2020/2021 academic session. A total of 272 Physics students were sampled and used for the study using multi-stage sampling approach. A 36-item researchers-developed questionnaire arranged in three clusters was used for Data collection. Data was collected by administering the instrument to the respondents by the researcher with the help of two research assistants. The collected data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The result of the analysis revealed that physics students have high level of awareness of, low level of knowledge of and poor attitude towards practices enhancing attainment of SDGs in Anambra State, Nigeria. It was also gained their sources of awareness mainly through fun activities and school cubs. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government in conjunction with curriculum planners should introduce in secondary schools, sustainable development clubs.