Investigating the relationship between school attendance and academic performance in universal primary education: The case of Uganda
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Date
2020
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African Educational Research Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between school attendance and academic performance in UPE
schools in Rubanda district of Uganda. Using data from a sample of 104 participants, the researchers
established that UPE schools perform poorer in internal examinations but better in national examinations.
The regular school attendees perform differently from the chronic absentees. There is also a positive
relationship between school attendance and academic performance (R = 0.365), although school
attendance explains only 11.8% variations in academic performance while 88.2% is explained by other
factors affecting academic performance. School administrators should identify other factors that are likely
to influence pupils' academic performance apart from attendance, as well as strengthening communityschool
interaction programmes to help improve attendance in UPE schools.
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Keywords
Academic performance, School attendance, UPE schools, Social productivity
Citation
Sekiwu, D., Ssempala, F., & Frances, N. (2020). Investigating the Relationship between School Attendance and Academic Performance in Universal Primary Education: The Case of Uganda. African Educational Research Journal, 8(2), 152-160. DOI: 10.30918/AERJ.82.20.017