Abstract:
Geography’s distinct contribution to the school curriculum is that it teaches students essential
knowledge about the world and their own place, contributes to their personal development, equips
them with a unique range of specialized skills, develops a specifically geographical way of
understanding and examines important questions and issues that are essential for informed
citizenship. This study examines the factors influencing the selection of Geography subjects and its
results in G.C.E O/L in the Uduvil Education division from 2012-2018. This study has been carried
out using the observation interviews and secondary data’s from 2012 to 2018. As a result of this
study, it was identified solution to the practical problem found in the selection of Geography subject,
reasons for declining its results and teaching learning method in Geography. This study will help to
increase the number of selection of Geography subject as a first subject group in G.E.C O/L and
create quality Geographers in future.
