Effects of Absenteeism on Academic Performance of Pupils in Rubuguri Town Council Kisoro District.
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2022
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Kabale University
Abstract
The study focused on the findings of the effects of absenteeism on academic performance of pupils
in Rubuguri town council Kisoro district. The objectives of the study were to find out the causes of
absenteeism among pupils in primary schools of Rubuguri town council Kisoro district, to suggest
measures to reduce the causes of absenteeism among pupils in primary schools of Rubuguri town
council Kisoro district and to establish relationship between absenteeism and academic performance
of pupils in primary schools of Rubuguri town council Kisoro district. There was critical review of
the issues that have explored and studied both theoretically and empirically in the existing literature
on of absenteeism as an independent variable and academic performance as the dependent variable
and the methods of data collection were put into action. The research used both qualitative and
quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. The research used simple random sampling
techniques in collecting and analyzing data and was used to provide equal chances to the sample
size. Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents that participated in the
study. Findings of the study were obtained from the field interpreting the results analyzing basing on
the specific objectives of the study and chapter five portrayed the summary of findings,
recommendations were made such there is need to strengthen the inspection function of the central
and local governments. Effective supervision should be necessary to reduce the high teacher absence
rate in public primary schools as found in Ibis study, the Ministry of Education should strengthen its
inspectorate departments both at national and district level. This would involve appropriating funds,
recruiting, training and motivating manpower in the key inspection positions at both central and
local government levels. Civil society should also be allowed to undertake school inspections and
submit reports to the education ministry for action. It was found out that due to resource constraints,
the frequency of school inspections done per school on an annual basis was extremely low. It was
found that 2 schools had been inspected only once in a period of one year, 5 schools in six months, 8
schools after a month and only 5 schools in a week's time by the district inspector of schools. Of the
aspects of school supervision, staff absenteeism was only monitored in 4 schools, implying that the
inspectors did not consider monitoring teacher absenteeism in the remaining 5 schools of Rubuguri
town council.
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A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty of Education in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the A Ward of Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education of Kabale University
Keywords
Absenteeism ,Academic Performance , Pupils