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    Impact of pupil’s attitude towards mathematics and their performance in Butaleja town council, Butaleja district
    (Busitema University, 2025) Janet Nafula
    This study investigated the impact of pupils’ attitude towards mathematics and their performance primary schools Butaleja Town Council, Butaleja District. The study answered the following questions; do pupils’ feelings contribute towards their performance in mathematics in primary schools in Butaleja town council, Butaleja district? do pupils’ beliefs contribute towards their performance in mathematics in primary schools in Butaleja town council, Butaleja district? And do pupils’ experiences contribute towards their performance in mathematics in primary schools in Butaleja town council, Butaleja district? The study was guided by descriptive survey design and targeted a population of 4477 comprising of 3 head teachers, 45 teachers and 4403 pupils. Both stratified and random sampling was applied to sample the respondents. The data was analyzed according to the questions using tables, frequency, percentages, pie charts and standard deviations. It was found that pupil’s attendance, teachers’ attendance, syllabus completion was not always effective leading to poor performance of mathematics and worse was with syllabus completion. Therefore, the study recommended absenteeism to be curbed by the effort of community and local government in primary schools.