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The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of absenteeism on academic performance in English at PLEusing the Ibaare-Bushenyi district. It followed the order of the research objectives, which were to examine howabsenteeism has contributed to poor academic performance in English at PLE in the Ibaare-Bushenyi district, toestablish the causes of absenteeism and how it has contributed to poor academic performance in English at PLE inIbaare-Bushenyi district, and to suggest a possible solution to address problems of poor academic performance inEnglish at PLE in Ibaare-Bushenyi district. The study was undertaken using a cross-sectional research design,which helped in collecting data from a wide section of the study respondents. This kind of study design waspreferred as it generated quick results. These helped the researcher save time during data collection because theresearcher did not follow up with the respondents. The research design was suitable in the sense that theinformation collected involved analyzing how absenteeism has influenced the performance of English pupils atPLE. In addition, the study mainly used qualitative data, though some aspects of the study were presented asquantitative data. The study concluded that absenteeism is a well-known phenomenon that takes place in manyschools, leading to poor academic performance, and should be handled with care. The study concludes that thereare some ways in which absenteeism can be addressed. These include affirmative action, empowerment of womenand physically handicapped people, and enforcement of labor laws. This study was applied research intended tofind solutions for absenteeism and its impact on pupils' academic English performance in the Ibaare sub-county,Bushenyi District. Then, the researcher suggested the following recommendations addressed to politicians,policymakers, education planners, Ibaare Sub County, Bushenyi District administrators, and the respondents: theMinistry of Education and Sports should organize seminars on corrective measures that are regularly supervisedby specialists in education. During holidays, head teachers' conferences should also be organized so that pupils areallowed to share ideas and experiences on the matter; this should be supervised by the Ibaare sub-county, BushenyiDistrict.Keywords: Absenteeism, Teachers, Academic performance, English pupils