The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Active Engagement Teaching Programme (AETP) and Traditional Teaching method in Geography on the achievement of the student of Ninth standard one school from a Marathi medium selected school. The Active Engagement Teaching Programme (AETP) was based on ARCS motivational model which was prepared by John Keller. The experimental method was used for the study to see the effectiveness of Active Engagement Teaching Programme(AETP). The AETP was developed by the researcher. The purposive sampling method was used to select sixty students who are learning in the Ninth standard from one of the Marathi medium school in the rural area of Satara Taluka. The achievement test was prepared and administered by the researcher. The achievement test scores data was interpreted by using Mean, S.D., and t-value. The students were found better learning through Active Engagement Teaching Programme (AETP) than the traditional way of teaching method. The achievement score of students in Geography was high in the experimental group than in the control group where the students were taught by the traditional method of teaching.