Authors:Mbuzi Irene
Abstract: A journal is written inorder to highlight some causes of low literacy levels among school going children in Kasama District of Northern according to the purposive sampling of some teachers that are directly connected with pupils and some research showed that about 28 percent of parents based case reported of some poor interaction with learners, lack support from parents on home work.21 percent poor follow up on pupils based progress,lack of teaching facilities,high teacher pupil ratio.Results of binary logistic model revealed that the main factors affecting pupils are truancy, inadequate coverage of supplementary reading materials and sex by which girls are more affected than boys.The study recommends a high need of extension on teacher-pupil interaction on academic matters and more government provision and teacher involvement in curricular matters.Factors leading to truancy should be highly campaigned against.Pupils themselves should ensure that large coverage of the needed reading materials when provided by education stake holders are taken care of.
