Fikru TesfayeBelete Abebe2018-07-062023-11-052018-07-062023-11-052000-12http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/6882A cross sectional study was conducted involving 641 students oC the two primary schools of Teda town. North Gonder. The purpose of the study was to determine the nutritional and intestinal parasitic in fection (!PI) status of the children, the effect of IPI and nutritional status on the children's academic performance, and the effect of I PIon nutrition. Data were collected using questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Physical and stool examinations were also carried out. School average scores were obtainedfi'OITI school records. The data were entered Processed and analyzed using EPr In fo version 6, computer software (and its subprogram EPINUT). Underweight and stunting were fou nd to be 59.8% and 41.7%respective ly, whereas the overall lPI rate was 77.7%. The commonest infection was Ascarislumbricoides with prevalence of66.7%, followed by Entameba histolytica with prevalence of14.8%. Low than high pupils' school average score was significantly associated with underweight, X2 = 39.45, (p value < 0.000 1), and with stunting, X = 19.79, (p < 0.00 1).Intestinal parasitic infection did not show any association with the nutritional status and school performance of the children. A higher proportion of the yo unger than the older age group was underweight, OR = 1.86 (95% CI = 1.32,2.64). Also higher proportion of the urban students than that of the rural ones were underweight, OR = 2.25 (95% cr = 1.59, 3. 18), and a significantly higher proportion of the urban than the rural students were stunted. The town and the rural students were not different regarding to 11' 1. This survey should sensit ize concerned bodies for improving primary school children's health and nutrition. Recommendations are made to take actions to alleviate the IPI and nutritional problems of the school children.enNutritional Status , Intestinal Parasitic InfectionThesis