Kannadhasan, M.S.
Assistant Professor
Veterinary University Training and Research Centre
Dharmapuri-3
Francis C.
Head of the Department of Social Work (PG)
Madras School of Social Work
Chennai-8.
G. Senthil Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Husbandry Statistics and Computer Applications
Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7
Abstract
This study was carried out to study the knowledge level of high school students in Nagapattinam district. A total 73 students from tsunami-affected Seruthur and Karapidagai (North) villages were purposively selected for the study. The data collected from the student respondents using a well-structured and pre-tested questionnaire were statistically analysed to accomplish the research objective. The results revealed that more than two-third (74.42 %) in tsunami affected Serudhur village and nearly three-fourth of (70.00 %) students of Karapidagai village which was not affected by tsunami possessed medium level of knowledge on tsunami prepaedness. It, further, envisaged that variables such as parental occupation (0.311**), training on tsunami preparedness (0.393**), cyclone-rain-flood preparedness (0.457**) and mass media exposure (0.459**) had highly significant correlation, and extra-curricular activity (0.294*) had significant positive correlation with the overall students’ knowledge on tsunami preparedness. The results will help the policymakers to formulate suitable strategies for educating the students on tsunami-preparedness by infusing the suitable subject matter in their curricular and non-curricular activities.
Key words: Students, Knowledge and Tsunami-preparedness.
