مستوى وعي طلبة الصف الحادي عشر في سلطنة عمان بالأمن الغذائي في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

Abstract EN

The purpose of the current study was to explore the level of grade eleven students’ awareness of the food security topic in relation to gender and academic specialization (science vs.

literature).

A 36-item questionnaire was developed and administered to 622 male and female students selected from schools in three Educational Governances in the Sultanat of Oman.

The questionnaire items were classified into three main domains.

The validity and reliability of the instrument were checked.

The reliability coefficient (Cronbach’s alpha) coefficient was 0.85.

Data analysis included descriptive statistics and MANOVA-Wil-kes Lambda.

The study findings showed that there was a high level of awareness among students about food security.

In addition, the students’ awareness of the "role of the Sultanat in achieving food security” domain was the highest compared to the other domains, followed by their general knowledge of food security and their awareness of the "role of the individual in achieving food security” domain.

The results also indicated that female students significantly outperformed male students in their awareness of the topic of food security.

Furthermore, science stream students outperformed literature stream students.

The study recommended that school curriculum should include topic related to food security and further research needs to be conducted in this area.