Geography is a compulsory subject at ‘O’Level and optional at ‘A’ Level. Geography studies man and his environment. The environment is man’s natural habitat.

The teaching of geography helps to make the students aware of, interested in, and care for their immediate environment. The quality of our environment is now an international concern so that it is crucial to understand factors that affect it.

The components of the environment, namely the biosphere, the atmosphere, the lithosphere and the hydrosphere, continue to be at risk through pollution and exhaustion of resources, which directly affect humans economically, socially and physically.

In addition, we seek to make students pursue independent study and research both through reading and using evidence from the environment around them.

Teachers in the Department:

1 Mr. OKELLO Anthony Head of Department
2 Mr. KAPKWEYEK Wilfred Member
3 Mr. OMAGOR Richard Member
4 Mr. OSAKO Ogole Member
5 Ms. AKOL Stella Member
6 Mr. EKINYANG Charles Member
7 Mr. OBU Ben Member
8 Mr. EGWANYU Robert Member

I wish to commend them for their cooperation and teamwork.

Performance:

Performance in the subject is good and continues to improve. The subject is always in the top two among the compulsory subjects in ‘O’ Level.

This table shows the summary of students’ performance in the subject:

‘O’ LEVEL

Year D1 D2 C3 C4 C5 C6 P7 P8 F9 Total %
2018 02 24 49 85 71 30 12 02 01  276  59.01
2017 04 76 73 85 47 26 03 01 01 276
2016 04 13 58 61 40 20 04 02 00 202 62.25
2015 02 29 50 74 34 11 03 00 01 204 65.20
2014 00 14 24 63 76 62 14 05 03 251
2013 00 6 32 84 70 35 04 00 01 232 56.41
2012 03 18 61 72 71 33 04 — — 262
2011 02 19 49 94 58 45 05 02 01 275
2010 01 11 49 85 53 33 02 01 — 235
2009 00 08 48 97 61 24 03 04 — 245

‘A’ Level

The table shows the number of candidates registered during a timeframe of 4 years, along with the grades. All together there were 13 different subjects:

Year A B C D E O F Total % POSITION
2018
2017 — 01 12 13 10 — — 36 51.83 7th
2016 00 00 02 07 07 07 00 23 36.23 10th
2015 00 00 00 04 15 10 01 030
2014 00 03 14 05 02 05 01 030
2013 01 09 06 06 03 06 00 031
2012 00 03 11 15 18 12 02 061
2011 00 03 12 12 03 04 00 034
2010 01 06 13 15 05 03 00 036
2009 00 07 17 11 01 05 00 041
Subject D1 D2 C3 C4 C5 C6 P7 P8 F9 Total NO. OF CAND. % PASS 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2000 2009
ENG 05 15 67 87 60 21 06 00 01 1297 262 61.88 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 3rd
LIT — 09 13 58 50 35 29 07 03 801 204 49.08 6th —
HIST 02 07 53 83 72 31 11 03 00 1202 262 57.73 1st 1st 3rd 2rd 3rd 1st
GEOG 03 18 61 72 71 33 04 00 001 1267 262 60.45 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd
MATHS 07 17 33 35 46 47 37 32 08 975 262 46.52 4th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th
PHY 883 262 42.13 5th 6th 5th 4th 5th 6th
CHEM 01 04 02 19 26 48 47 51 64 536 262 25.57 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th
BIO 02 04 15 30 59 51 41 46 14 803 262 38.31 8th 4th 6th 6th 6th 4th

The problem noted is lack of balancing in passing of different papers. Paper I was not well done.

Challenges in the Department:

  • The subject lacks adequate instructional materials. Textbooks are very few. The students’ text book ratio is about 1:10 (one book to ten students). Students therefore have to share.
  • The Geography Laboratory needs to be renovated and recovered.It needs furniture and instructional materials.
  • A weather station needs to be put in place.
  • When it comes to practicals, especially field work, the school bus is small. It has a carrying capacity of 40 students. Yet the students offering Geography in S.4 are about 300.