Geography is the compulsory subject in secondary level of education. It provides the knowledge of whole world. It gives information regarding how, why, where, when & what of our surroundings. Students learn in accordance with their needs and interests. Education must have psychological bases (Montessori & Froebel). There are various psychological factors which determines students learning. The present study will focus on the influence of students’ interest towards learning Geography. Specifically, the present study investigated urban and rural students’ interest towards learning Geography. In this study, analytical survey research design was used and self-developed Questionnaire was presented before 200 students of class IX from urban and rural areas. After collection of data, the analysis was completed based on frequency analysis and t-test. The findings has shown that majority of the students from urban (N = 83) and rural (N = 72) area had moderate level interest towards learning Geography. There is no significant difference between urban and rural students in regard to their interest towards learning Geography also. Thus the study investigated the students’ interest in learning Geography. Teacher educator must introduce interactive teaching methodologies, innovative teaching strategies and identify students’ learning difficulty to promote interest towards learning Geography.
Keywords: Interest, Geography, Secondary level, Urban students, Rural students.