ABSTRACT This research is about the effect of absenteeism on academic performance. It was guided by three objectives; To find the attitudes towards secondary schools in Ruhindi sub-county.To find out the methods used for the retention in secondary school learners. To identify the role of teachers in student’s performance in Ruhindi sub-county. Purposive and stratified sampling was used to select a population of 40 respondents to represent a population of Ruhindi sub-county.