ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PROBLEM REMEDIATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

Chibuzor A. Ekwonye

Academic Programmes Department

National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Central Area, Abuja

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Abstract

Ecological sustainability is one of the phenomena that have ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PROBLEM REMEDIATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

gained international attention.  Many studies have been reported on the relevance of public health education to its actualization. This study was borne out of the zeal to verify the problems associated with point source pollutants and how they affect the environmental health of inhabitant of academic settings. Thus, studies of all the dumpsites present in Federal College of Education, (FCE) Zaria. Observation and interview were employed for the data collection. Based on the findings, suggestions were made on how to improve on Environmental refuse disposal system for good Environmental health and ecological sustainability in the campus. The suggestions made centered on the prime role of public health education not only being limited to the Zaria local Government Area alone in Kaduna State but also to the tertiary institutions in its domain. These institutions are equally advised to set up public health education department, with the view of sustaining our ecosystem via environmental problem remediation.