Household Factors as Predictors of Pupils’ Competency in Mathematics in universal Primary Education (UPE) Schools in Luweero District, Uganda

This study was carried out in Luweero district, Uganda with three objectives namely: to establish how parents’ provision of mid-day meals affects Universal Primary Education (UPE) children’s competency in Mathematics in Luweero district, Uganda; to examine how parents’ visiting of the schools to talk about their children’s learning affects their children’s competency in Mathematics in Universal Primary Education (UPE) primary schools in Luweero district, Uganda; and to assess how parents’ level of education affects their children’s competency in Mathematics in Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools in Luweero district, Uganda. A total of 500 pupils from ten primary schools participated in the study. The findings of the study were that the provision of mid-day meals had a positive influence on pupils’ competency in mathematics; parents’ visiting the school to talk about their children’s learning had a relatively positive influence on their children’s competency in mathematics; and parents’ level of education had minimal influence on their children’s competency in mathematics. Based on these findings, it was recommended that parents in Luweero district, Uganda should put in more effort to provide all their children with meals for lunch; there is need for parents to regularly visit schools where their children are studying from to discuss with teachers their children’s progress and to forge the way forward; and that all parents, educated or not, should support and urge their children to study very hard so as to excel academically.