THE ROLE OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY IN INDIAN SCHOOL CURRICULUM

RS and GIS

The main focus of this paper is to describe the existing position of teaching geography and correspondingly in the elucidation the approach of sustainable development. In India, subject geography as deteriorating in social science which negligible role already overburdened school curricula. Geography is the necessary subject in Indian schools. At school level, a student learns about the landforms, climate, water resources, foods, different cultures and society. But primary school level, a students learn to environmental studies from surrounding environment which is also correlate with geographically, the children get introduced steadily with distant territories, states and country. In Indian school, geography subject thought by social science teachers till the secondary stages. Therefore, studied geography, history, economics, political science and society are in the single portion of the social science discipline. But after the completion the school level, in several circumstances, the student has no curiosity to further study in geography. This is one of the difficulties to generated understanding geography subject at school level. After all, the National Geography Curriculum (2000), aimed to contain incipient anxiety and issues of regional, national and global forms within the limits of geography teaching. Lastly, we will suggest and conclude the part of teaching geography on existing situation

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