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Motivation is defined as the degree of readiness of an organization to pursue some designated goal and implies thedetermination of nature and locus of forces, inducing the degree of readiness. The aim of this study was todetermine the relationship between motivation and pupils’ performance in selected government aided primaryschools in Kagadi Town Council, Kagadi District. The objectives of this research were to find out the causes ofpoor performance of pupils in selected government aided primary schools, to find out measures to tackle poorperformance of pupils in selected government aided primary schools and to determine the impact of motivation onpupils’ performance. In conclusion, teachers should be tasked to know the psychology of their pupils. This willhelp the teachers to use the teaching methodology according to interest, age and content, because teachingmethods motivate pupils for learning while Pupils should know the objectives of school activities which motivatethem to achieve or to reach the goals. The researcher recommended that teachers may give the test weekly ormonthly. These tests and their results will eventually bring good performance of pupils in school. Teachers shouldreturn test copies immediately with their results then contact and inform the parents about the progress. Rewardsmay be given to pupils whose response is good, with an indication of why it was good, or mention the names ofcontributors. This may develop motivation not only to intelligent pupils but also other pupils in the class