Limakwang, Philip P.2025-02-112025-02-112024-10https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/29557Research Project Submitted in Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Education (Educational Administration) in School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Kenyatta University, October 2024. Supervisor Gladys KinyanjuiTruancy is a concern in education. Teenage truancy puts their prospects of reaching their educational objectives in danger. This study looked into the effect of truancy on academic performance among secondary school students attending public schools in West-Pokot County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to assess the effect of occasional truancy on academic performance among public secondary school students in West-Pokot county, Kenya, to assess the effect of habitual truancy on academic performance among public secondary school students in West-Pokot county, Kenya, to establish the effect of chronic truancy on academic performance among public secondary school students in West-Pokot county, Kenya and to find out the effect of casual truancy on academic performance among public secondary school students in West-Pokot county, Kenya. This study was guided by Urie Bronfenbrenner (1979) ecological theory. The study used descriptive research design. Thirty-Four secondary schools, 34 principals, and 619 teachers in West Pokot County were the subject of this study. In the study, the schools were chosen using a stratified sampling technique. Purposive selection was used to choose the head teachers for the chosen schools. To sample teachers, simple random sampling technique was utilized. There were 179 teachers in the sample which was obtained by the use of Yamane Formula. A questionnaire and an interview guide were used to gather the primary data. Expert judgments were used to determine the content's veracity. The reliability of this study was established using the tests-retest approach. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation were used to analyze the quantitative data, which were then presented in tables and graphs. The inferential statistics employed in the study were correlational analysis. Thematic analysis was utilized to analyze the qualitative data, which was then narrated. According to the study, children who engage in truant behavior fall behind academically and eventually drop out of school. The study suggests that in order to eradicate all forms of absenteeism, the school administration should act immediately.enThesis