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    Causes of absenteeism among pupils in primary schools in Butaleja sub county, Butaleja district.
    (Busitema University, 2025) Manakhe Esther
    The effects of pupils’ school absenteeism rate on the academic performance of learners and, education in general, is the concern of the 21st century. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between the effects of the pupils’ school absenteeism rate and the academic performance of learners in primary schools in Butaleja sub county. The objectives were to find out the effects of pupils’ school absenteeism rate in primary schools in Butaleja sub county, Butaleja District; to find out the status of academic performance of learners in primary schools in Butaleja sub county, Butaleja District; to assess the relationship between the effects of pupils’ school absenteeism rate and the academic performance of learners in primary schools in Butaleja sub county, in Butaleja District. The study used a cross-sectional survey research design, employing both qualitative, quantitative and, focused group discussion approaches. The study, population of 10 teachers and 70 learners in government-aided schools participated in the study. A structured questionnaire and interviews were the instruments for collecting data. A content validity index [CVI] was computed. For reliability, a test to retest method was used and a Cronbach Alpha was computed and used after pretesting and after the whole data is collected. Conclusively, increased pupils’ school absenteeism rate affected pupils due to rarely attending school. Consequently, this affected pupils’ learning schedules and consistency in class. This resulted into poor academic performance of learners due to lack of the constant guidance by the teachers. There was a highly positive significant relationship between pupils’ school absenteeism rate and the academic performance of learners at the one percent level two tailed. These results implied that as school closure due to pupils’ school absenteeism rate contributed 69.4% to the status of the academic performance of learners and the remaining 30.6% was caused by other factors. It was recommended that as school administrators observed the guide learners and sensitize them about the disadvantages of school absenteeism, it would adopt other means like online class so that pupils could attend school regularly, create discussion groups through WhatsApp, zoom to increase on the contact time with other learners and encourage them not to absenteeism. Political authorities at the village, Sub County, district and nation enacted laws to streamline the system and protect pupils from common causes of absenteeism. The school administration and stakeholders should provide extra classes, incentives and bursaries and also provide extra support to those pupils that could not count using mental head effectively, divide effectively in math to improve the status of academic performance. Society should be sensitized about protection of pupils in school.