Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

A REVIEW STUDY OF EXISTING CURRICULUM FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION TO SOLVE COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES

Sunil Kumar, Puja Singh, Kavita Verma, Anoop Yadav and Pradeep Kumar

Abstract

Several sustainable development themes are integrated in India’s educational policies. It is maybe the only country in which the Supreme Court has legislated environmental education at all levels of formal education, including a required university course. It is critical to identify the characteristics of sustainability curriculum in higher education so that it may be used as a guide to help in the process of designing a sustainability oriented curriculum. As a result, the purpose of this study is to present an understanding of the characteristics. of existing curriculum. The findings are centred on the features of curricular structure. As a result, environmental education and awareness, as well as public engagement in environmental preservation, have become critical to achieving environmental sustainability. As a result, the ultimate aim of green education is to redirect and influence human behaviour toward problem-solving attitudes, as well as responsible behaviours and pledges to address environmental concerns. As a result, good environmentally friendly tools and encourages responsible citizenship towards the environmental challenges and its conservation. It is critical to train students to deal with environmental challenges such as global warming, air-water and soil pollution, climate change, desertification, agricultural residue burning, and others. Many higher education institutions, which are responsible for providing knowledge and essential skills to the next generation of leaders, are proactively attempting to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in Higher education for sustainable development policy, curriculum, and practice through scattered and isolated initiatives. This is an evaluative analysis of differing attempts in Indian higher education to provide environmental and sustainability education in various institutions, taking into practices. The main aim of the sustainable education is to train the young generations as well as develop the innovative skills and techniques to better use of natural resources. So that they may contribute to aware the society and solve the environmental challenges.