Perceptions and attitudes of headmasters about the implementation of environmental education programmes in primary schools

M.Ed.This study is centered on the attitudes of the school managers towards the implementation of environmental education (EE) in primary schools. A qualitative method which involves the use of in-depth individual interviews and focus group interviews were used in this study. The study revealed that the managers have a positive attitude towards the implementation of EE in primary schools. They emphasised that EE will teach learners to look after the environment, learners will grow with the knowledge of protecting and caring the environment. Although the participants have positive attitudes towards the implementation of EE, they felt that it would not be possible to implement it as a subject on its own because of shortage of teaching and learning support materials and lack of well trained subject specialist. All these indicate that participants have an interest in implementing EE in primary schools