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    Mass unemployment and Academic Performance of Standard Eight Pupils at Kirindo Primary in Mbita Division.
    (Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning., 2009-06) Keta, Beatrice A.
    The study investigated the relationship between mass unemployment and academic performance. The study was guided by specific objectives that included; identifying the cause of unemployment, the effects of unemployment on academic performance and the relationship between mass unemployment and academic performance. The study was descriptive and analytical in nature where purposive sampling was used to select population. It employed 50 respondents. Data were analyzed and presented using frequencies and percentages and were tabulated. The major findings of the study were; most of the respondents were males, causes of unemployment were technological advancement, solutions to the causes where encourage labour mobility, work sharing, early retirement and among others. Effects are poor performance, absenteeism, lack of reading materials and dependency. And the relationship included daily attendance and availability of reading materials.