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    Factors which affect the academic performance in government primary schools of Namutumba town council, Namutumba district.
    (Busitema University, 2024) Nakantu Alaisa
    This research study was carried out in Namutumba Town Council, Namutumba District. It is basically about the Academic performance and pupils' achievements in P.L.E in Primary schools of Namutumba Town Council in Namutumba District. The objectives included; to establish whether the socio-economic status of parents influenced their children's performance in P.L.E. and to explore the school learning context and its influence on the learners’ performance. The identified good methods which could uplift the academic performance in primary schools were discussion, discovery, problem solving among others. The recommendations were as follows; teachers to teach using real objects and practical methods, refresher courses for teachers and director studies, guidance and counseling to pupils' motivation. The researcher therefore concluded that the poor academic performance of pupils in schools were projected to the pupils' home background where they face many problems including poor feeding, domestic violence in some families, abject poverty which usually result into of scholastic materials