Abstract:
Education is the most important device formulated by man to make himself perfect. At a
time when history is forgotten and denied, it becomes necessary for everyone to discover and learn
their history. It is the school education system that should serve as a motivation to initiate such
concerns in history in everyone. However awareness on the subject of history, in respect of Batticaloa,
is found to be very rare. In this context, this study is undertaken to find the attainment level of the
subject of history in the 1C schools in the Eravur Pattu Division, identify the causes and recommend
solutions. Various problems influence student learning and affect the attainment level. This study aims
at raising the attainment level by finding the problems and recommending solutions. Four 1C schools
from the Eravur Pattu Division were selected on the basis of random selection. When the attainment
level of history subject is compared to that of other subjects, it has been found to be low. Subjectrelated
ambiguity, teaching methods, qualification of teachers, students‘ environment, the mindset that
the subject of history is difficult, lack of supervision, etc. are found to be the causes. The attainment
level can be raised by appointing trained teachers, conducting extra practice classes for students, using
novel teaching methodology, providing sufficient training to teachers, introducing techniques in
teaching and developing the use of supplementary materials.
