With the current environmental issues facing our world and the discovery of the significant roles youths can play in protecting our environment and preventing it from worse situations, I think it is high time environmental education was included into school curriculum.

Coating the usual saying, “youth are the leaders of tomorrow”. With this knowledge that children and youths are potential leaders and captains of industries, it is necessary that they are well educated on environmental issues early enough so that as they come up to take leadership positions whether politically or socially, they aware of their responsibility to protecting the global environment.

Inclusion of environmental education will result to a more effective way of informing the youths the danger of environmental pollution and its deadly impact our lives and property. Informing them at such stage will captivate them and such information will grow with them.

It is observed that a good number of youths has little or no knowledge about their environment let alone their roles to protecting it. Such education would make students to be informed of the various aspects of the environment such as water, land, air, climate and the associated pollutions. It will train youths in developing eco-friendly attitudes and culture them to develop good moral behaviours that will  improve the environment. Also, they would be exposed to various projects and developments that have been executed both locally and globally by individuals, organisations and governments to protect the environment. They would also be exposed more widely to past achievements (like the Montreal Protocol), current achievements and the future achievements that the world expects from them.

Educating the youths in school on environmental situations will also assist the government in proper execution and implementation of environmental laws and polices.

Though some environmental topics are addressed in subjects such as Basic Science, Agricultural Science and Geography, a subject such as “Environmental Science” that will absolutely deal with environmental issues should be included in schools.

Environmental education to school curriculum is a big way to effectively involving the youths in protecting the environment.