Track: Global Business Management Education

Abstract

Education about waste in schools plays a significant role in increasing students' perceptions of the environment. Previous research has suggested that students' perceptions in waste management can positively impact future generations' preparation as agents that drive changes in attitude and behavior in society. This study proposes to measure the link between facilities aspects such as internet literacy, sustainability school programs, and integrated studies of the importance of waste management and concern of waste. Then we placed the volunteer attitude variable as an endogenous variable. The respondents were 293 students from private schools in South Jakarta and its surroundings. Data samples were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, making it possible to have low perception and attitude values. Using SEM analysis, we found that school programs showed the most substantial and significant effect among the other variables to explain students' importance of waste management perception (t-statistic = 4.221). This study illustrates that all variables in the facility's aspect can increase the attitude in a more specific context. Our experiment on the facilitation aspect did not have a significant effect on volunteer attitudes. Still, it was closely related to perceptions, thus concluding the importance of these three aspects of their schools' implementation. Therefore, testing a model that has met the statistical requirements requires a broader and more varied sample.