Influence of Teacher Absenteeism Factors on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in North Pokot Sub-County, Kenya

The researcher sought to assess the influence of teacher absenteeism factors on pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools in North Pokot Sub-County, Kenya. The researcher was guided by the following objectives: - to determine how teachers’ personal factors cause teacher absenteeism, to identify how the school factors cause teacher absenteeism, and to investigate how the environmental factors cause teacher absenteeism in public primary schools in North Pokot Sub-County. The study was anchored on the Steers and Rhodes Process Model of Employee Attendance. The research adopted a descriptive survey design. Yamane formula was utilized to determine a sample size of 264 respondents from a target population of 778 employees selected from at least 4 curriculum support officers, 93 Head teachers, 681 teachers employed by Teachers Service Commission. The research employed stratified sampling and simple random sampling. Primary data was collected by questionnaires and analyzed