CBSE class 12 stage, Geography is introduced as an elective subject for students who want to pursue their academic interest in the field of cartography, regional and urban planning, GIS and remote sensing, metrology, rural development and environmental issues. For this purpose, the syllabus at the CBSE Class 12 stage is designed such that it exposes the students to depths of the subject.

The Geography syllabus at the Class 12 stage in CBSE promotes and thus helps the students explore, understand and evaluate the environmental and social dimensions of the world in a better manner. The course includes studies of physical and human environments and their interactions at different scales: local, regional, national and global. To understand these concepts, various case studies from Indian society are taken up.