Education in Uganda - Secondary Education

Secondary Education

Lower secondary consists of 4 years of schooling at the end of which students Ordinary-level exams (O-level) in at least 8 subjects. Upper secondary consists of 2 years of schooling at the end of which students sit Advanced-level exams (A-level) in at least 3 subjects.

The curriculum for lower secondary is currently being reviewed by the National Curriculum Development Center, and a new curriculum is expected to be rolled out in 2014 or 2015.

Three-year technical schools provide an alternative to lower secondary school. Alternatives for graduates from lower secondary school include: 2-3 year Technical institutes; 2 year Primary Teacher Colleges (PTC); Department Training Colleges (DTCs) and Upper secondary schools; including:

• Makobore High School Kinyasano-Boys boarding school
• St. Mary's College Kitende-Mixed boarding school
• St. Mary's College Kisubi-Single Boy's School
• Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga - All-girl boarding school (S1 to S6)
• Kibuli Secondary School - Mixed day and boarding school (S1 to S6)
• Nabisunsa Girls School - All-girl boarding school (S1 to S6)
• Namilyango College - All-boy school (S1 to S6) - Oldest secondary school in Uganda
• King's College Budo - Mixed boarding school (S1 to S6)
• Gayaza High School - All-girl boarding school (S1 to S6) - Oldest girls secondary school
• Uganda Martyrs High School, Namugongo - One of the best in the country
• Busoga College Mwiiri
• Teso College
• Nyakasura High School
• Ntare School
• Nabumali High School
• St. Mary's S.S.S Kitende
• St. Henry's College Kitovu
• St. Mary's College Kisubi
• Makerere College School
• Kawempe Muslim High School
• Boroboro High School
• Comboni College
• German Secondary School Uganda
• Kiira College Butiki - Boys' boarding school in Jinja (S1 to S6) founded in 1959
• St. Joseph's College Layibi - Boys' boarding school in Gulu (S1 to S6) founded by the Italian Missionaries in 1953
• Ebony College Luwero - Mixed day and boarding school (S1 to S6)
• Seeta High School Mukono- Mixed day and bording school (S1 to S6)
• St Joseph' S College' S Layibi- boarding and day school (S1 to S6)
• Sacred Heart Secondary School- day and bording school (S1 to S6)
• Sir Samuel Baker Secondary school- All boarding boys school (S1 to S6)
• Atanga Girls Secondary school- day and boarding school (S1 to S4)
• Pongdwongo Secondary School
• Koch Goma Secondary School
• Gulu Secondary School
• Gulu High School
• Gulu college school
• Gulu Central High School
• Alokolum National Major Seminary
• Bishop Negri College
• Ocer Campion Jesuit College Gulu
• Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Secondary school- mixed day and boarding school
• St Kizito Primary & Secondary School Bugoloobi- mixed day school (P1 to S6)
• Kyotera Town School Mixed day and boarding secondary school located in kyotera town (S1-S4)
• Mackay Memorial College Mixed day and boarding school located in Nateete (S1 to S6)

The power of the Internet has threatened the no access to information that has existed before especially the youth of Uganda. Researchers in the PanAf Project found that there is great use of the internet by the youth to socialize with anybody out there for a variety of reasons. It was found out that students had the opportunity to access internet during classroom hours or outside classroom hours. What used to be constructive hours for learning has transformed into social hours.