Currently, there is a need to provide inclusive, fair, quality education and encourage lifelong learning in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals. In this regard, special attention is paid to the discussion of the problems of the educational model of the 21st century and the search for effective ways to improve the quality of education, aimed at the development of teachers and students who quickly adapt to the changing world. In this context, geoecological education is considered as an integrated educational direction of school geography. Geoecological education forms strategically important ideas of education for sustainable development, and one of the priorities of integrated education in the educational process is environmentalization. Therefore, the formation of geoecological literacy among students is one of the most urgent and complex problems of our time.

The article presents an overview of the definitions of the concept of literacy. A concept is a thinking tool that helps to easily perceive information about objects or phenomena. This allows you to understand and describe the relationship between objects and phenomena. The concept helps to systematize the information provided. The analysis of the types of literacy is carried out and the characteristics are given. The types of actions aimed at the formation of literacy are given.

The research works and works of scientists devoted to the formation of geoecological literacy of students in secondary schools have been studied. The considered works served as a basis for determining the purpose and objectives of the research work, the relevance of the topic.

Definitions of the leading geoecological concept in geographical education are given. The definition forms a set of competencies, knowledge, skills, values, personal education in the learning process. Tasks corresponding to the content of the textbook aimed at the formation of geoecological literacy have been compiled. This system of tasks contributes to the formation and development of students' research abilities in solving global problems of humanity, establishing harmonious relationships and natural conditions of the area in which they are located. The quality of education is also improving in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals and allows for the formation of a geo-ecological culture.