Relationship between Geography curriculum teachers underwent and the students’ academic achievement in Geography in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examination in Rarieda Sub-County,

Geography provides opportunities for students to develop their general intellectual capacity for life-long learning, skills such as critical thinking, communication, information processing, problem solving, and decision making. There has been lower performance in Geography compared to other subjects such as Religious Education and History in National Examination in Rarieda Sub County.. The main purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the Geography Curriculum the teacher underwent and the students’ academic achievement. Ex-post facto research design and a Conceptual framework were employed in the study. The target population was 76 Geography teachers, 44 heads of humanities department, 44 principals and 750 form 4 Geography students from the 44 public secondary schools. The sample size was 276 respondents which constituted 23 Geography teachers, 14 Principals and 14 Heads of Departments in Humanities and 225 form 4 Geography students. Cluster sampling procedure was used to sample 14 schools for the actual study. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample the respondents for the study. Questionnaires, interview schedules and document analysis were employed to collect data. Validity of the instruments was ascertained by the research experts (supervisors). Reliability of the instruments was established by piloting in 5 secondary schools using test –retest technique. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze quantitative data while qualitative data was done through thematic analysis. The study found out that there was no relationship between the Geography curriculum the teacher underwent and students’ academic achievement in Geography. It was concluded that Teacher education and training affect the students ‘performance to a greater extent. The study recommended that the ministry of education should incorporate new paradigm shift in the pre service training of the teachers. The Teachers Service Commission to conduct mandatory sponsored Continuing Teacher Professional Development on regular basis. A study on influence of teachers’ educational background on learners’ enrolment in Geography in Kenya Certificate of secondary education examination would expound the current study.