COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PRIMARY CLASSES TEXTBOOKS IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPTS

Abstract

This paper was aimed to analyse the content of primary classes textbooks of major subjects prescribed by different boards .It is clear that the issue today is not whether Environmental Education should form an essential component of education, the issue is how to do it effectively.One of the major variables that conditions and controls the quality of school education is the quality of textbooks.. An Analysis Sheet was used for content analysis of textbooks.

The content of text-books of major subjects prescribed by different boards of school education for class III, IV & V was found suitable and sufficient to provide full opportunities to make children environmentally aware.