Students’ Perception on Teaching and Learning of Green Skills for Sustainable Future

Abstract

In India, green skills have been incorporated into school vocational curricula by Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal. This study examined the perception of students of senior secondary government schools on teaching and learning of green skills in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The senior secondary government schools where vocational courses under the National Skills Qualifications Framework have been introduced were selected for the study. Data was obtained from a sample of 80 students of class XII who had chosen vocational courses at the secondary level from four selected senior secondary government schools using a self-developed Likert type questionnaire. Mean and standard deviation of the responses were calculated to analyse the data. Students being the only respondents Friedman Test was calculated to find out the pattern of the distribution of the data. The results revealed that the distribution is the same for teaching and learning of green skills. However, there were varied responses with low mean and high standard deviation from students about their knowledge of the concept of green skills, even though the majority of students followed green practices which were being taught to them in vocational courses.