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Development of Education System

Notes Self Assessment
1. Fill in the blanks:
(i) ............... is the process of recognizing alues and classifying concepts in order to develop
skills and attitude necessary to understand and approciate the inter relations among man
hisculture and his bio physical surroundins.
(ii) A number of objectives of environmental education has been formulated for both formaland
non formal education at all levels at the ............... (1977) held at Tabilisi.
(iii) Environmental Education develops as ............... of environmental and sensitivity to the
total environmental and its a allied problem.

31.2 Need for Environmental Education
• All major natural resources in the country are in grave danger of irreparable damage.
• A society cannot survive if its natural resources are rendered unfit for use by its people.
• The only hope of salvaging this grave situation is by making the youngaware that they need
to proactively begin to protect the environment they will inherit.
• Science and Technology can help in a limited way but cannot deliver it.
• The moral and ethical education for changing people’s attitude.
• To protect children living in polluted regions, environmental education represents a relevant
means of prevention.
• There is a great need for environmental education.
• It is need for the hour to propose the environmental education with the essential elements of
moral philosophy.
• For conceptual change.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India started
The National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) in 1986 with the aim of
creating environmental awareness at all levels of society.

31.3 Principles of Environmental Education
1. Environmental Education must involve everyone and be lifelong, environmental education
cannot be confined to any one group in our society. It is a responsibility for everyone -
government, industry, the media, educational institutions, community groups - as well as
individuals.
Information about environmental problems is always improving, as we learn from our past
experiences and mistakes. As we develop and apply better environmental technologies, the
ability of society and individuals to respond effectively also improves.
In order to move closer to achieving ecologically sustainable development as a nation, all
Australians need to continually refresh the knowledge and skills which they apply to the
environmental challenges we face.
Just as workplace learning and retraining are essential to continued productivity, the same
is true of education for sustainability, whether in formal or non-formal settings.
2. Environmental it must be holistic and about connections.
In order to address environmental challenges, people need to think broadly and understand
systems, connections, patterns and causes. The challenges themselves frequently have social,
scientific, cultural, economic and ethical aspects, all of which must be considered for their

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