Sustainable Future: A Study on Students’ Perceptions towards Sustainable Institutions

Objective The main objective of this paper is to determine and compare students’ perception towards the level of sustainability in their Higher Education Institution. Methodology Data was collected from 64 students from Public Higher Education Institutions and 89 students from Private Higher Education Institutions, from the region Delhi NCR. In order to analyse the students’ perception towards sustainability in the Higher Education Institution, three dimensions were analysed: perception towards current sustainability level in the Institution, Institution’s role in sustainability and Student’s role in sustainability. Independent t-test was conducted to check on all these three dimensions. The reliability was measured using cronbach alpha, which was found out to be 0.79, indicating instrument was reliable to measure the constructs. Results There was no significant difference in scores of all two dimensions, namely perception towards current sustainability level in the Institution, Institution’s role in sustainability. Further analysis showed that there was significant difference in scores of student’s role in sustainability in public and private higher education institution. Research limitations/implications The study was restricted to students from management colleges in Delhi NCR and should be extended to other regions for greater generalizability. Practical implications and Future Research Future research can conducted on students from various specific streams like vocational courses. Moreover, role of other variables like individual factors, Demographic factors (age, gender, qualification, caste) and situational factors (family background, failures faced in past) can me studied in future. Conclusion The study revealed that there is statistically significant difference between students’ perception towards the level of sustainability in Public and Private Higher Education Institution.