Peron Akampurira2024-05-202024-05-202024-05-19https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/1458Domestic violence refers to a pattern of behavior which involves violence or other abuse by one person against the other in a domestic setting such as in the family, marriage or cohabitation. Children who witness domestic violence are likely to be engage in fighting, disobedience to authority and also feel reluctant in doing school work. Kamwengye town council has continued to register fluctuating performance as compared to the neighboring sub counties. This study therefore sought to establish if domestic violence has been influencing students‟ academic performance. The objectives of the study were: to determine how physical abuse, psychological abuse and sexual abuse influence student’s academic performance in kamwenge town council and based on the dependent viable on the attendance, participations and behavioral patterns of children that can be affected by domestic violence. A cross-sectional study design was adopted where both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used. The research took place in kamwenge town council. The sample size of the study was 125which constituted 100 children, 10 organizational leaders, 15 teacher. Questionnaire and interview methods were used to collect primary and secondary data. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS V16 while content analysis was used for the qualitative data. The study revealed that 72.9% of the student respondents were aware of the existence of domestic violence and 60.5% of them were victims of domestic violence. The study also revealed that 90% of teachers agreed that domestic violence had an impact on academic performance of the students. From the data sought by the study, 90% of the teachers indicated that psychological abuse was the most prevalent type of domestic violence found in their schools.85% of the teachers also indicated that physical abuse was prevalent while very few teachers at 5% indicated that sexual abuse was prevalent. All the staff of child initiative agency agreed that Domestic Violence had a great impact on the Academic Performance of the children. From the findings, it can be concluded that domestic violence has an extreme impact on the academic performance of children in Kamwegye town council. Some recommendations made by this study was that the government and other stake holders should put in place strategies to curb domestic violence and its effects on Education. For instance, the ministry of education and other non- governmental organizations should come up with programs such as counseling sessions for students who have experienced domestic violence. These strategies should address children’s strengths and weaknesses so as to enhance their academic performanceenThesis