The Ugandan Education system has a an arrangement of primary education for a period of seven years ,secondary education for a duration of six years (segregated into lower secondary and upper secondary school for a period of four and two year respectively. The post secondary education for a period of three to five years. From the early 1960s, the current education system is adopted.

Primary education

In the year 1999, 6 million students got primary education in contrast to two million pupils in 1986. The numbers got escalated, because of the availability of free education for four kids in each family. Only a few primary school graduates went on to take any type of secondary education. This is dependent upon them clearing their PLE (Primary Leaving Examinations).

Secondary Educaiton

3 year technical schools offer a choice to lower secondary school. The options for the lower secondary school graduates comprise two to three year technical institutes, two year PTC (Primary Teacher Colleges), DTCs (Department Training Colleges) and Upper secondary school, such as

St. Mary's College Kitende-Mixed boarding school

Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga - All-girl boarding school (from S1 to S6)

St. Mary's College Kisubi-Single Boy's School

Kibuli Secondary School - Mixed day and boarding school (from S1 to S6)

King's College Budo - Mixed 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

Uganda Martyrs High School, Namugongo - One of the excellent in the country

Busoga College Mwiiri

Gayaza High School - All-girl boarding school (S1 to S6) - Oldest girls’ secondary school

Nyakasura High School

Nabumali High School

Ntare School

Teso College

St. Mary's S.S.S Kitende

Post Secondary education

Even though 60,000 to 70,000 pupils for every year leave the institutions as trained pupils, to have higher education, merely a few 35% of them (at the most 25,000) are capable to get seats at the restricted number of institution. Bulks of them attend universities, which are both private as well as public. Especially MUK (Makerere University in Kampala) accepts some ninety five percent of the total population of students in the universities of Uganda. The rest of the students are admitted into the twenty plus universities and non-University institutions in fewer numbers.

Some of the acknowledged Universities in Uganda.

Government Universities

MUK, Makerere University

KYU, Kyambogo University

MUST, Mbarara University of Science & Technology

BSU, Busitema University

GU, Gulu University