var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value
$(document).ready(function(){
$("select.country").change(function(){
var selectedCountry = $(this).children("option:selected").val();
alert("You have selected the country - " + selectedCountry);
});
If you want to get the selected option text, you can use $(select element). text() . var text = $('#aioConceptName option:selected'). text();
If you want to get selected option value, you can use $(select element). val() . var val = $('#aioConceptName option:selected').val();