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Environment refers to the surrounding areas of any form of life and it is more pertinent with regard to human beings. The environmental education is connected formidably with nature and it consists of both inorganic and organic substances. Among the organic substances we have microbes, animals, plants, birds etc. With regard to the inorganic substances we have water, air, minerals, land etc. The environmental degradation which has been the culmination of mindless usage of natural resources, unrelenting growth of population, and controlled industrialisation, uninhibited urbanisation and putting science and technology to bad use has resulted in the looming environmental crisis. In order to protect the environment from further damage it is highly essential that awareness must be imparted to the people with the help of education for making them know about the environmental degradation that is taking place and which is going to put all forms of life in quandary. Objectives of the study were to find out the significant differences in the environmental awareness and attitude among the secondary school students due to variation in their gender and community. As a result, it can be understood that there is vast scope for providing orientation, and training programmes to the secondary school students for acquire environmental awareness and attitude and to greater extent. Similarly, the government must make efforts to incorporate content pertaining to environmental education in secondary school curriculum.