Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate on the factors leading to the poor performance in grade 12 Mathematics of leaners at secondary schools in Mpongwe District and to find ways to improve the performance. The data were collected using questionnaires administered to random samples of 38 Mathematics teachers, and 124 grade 12 learners. The statistical techniques used to analyse the survey data include the chi-square tests of independence and homogeneity, Kendall’s W and Cochran’s Q tests. All statistical tests were evaluated at the 5% significance level. All analyses were done using SPSS version 20.