Top schools in university admission

Kitende, Namugongo, Ntare, Kisubi lead

By Conan Busingye

ST. Mary’s Kitende, Namugongo, Ntare, Kisubi and Namagunga are still the best Advanced level schools, if a parent is looking for a Government scholarship.

The analysis ranked schools with the highest percentage of students admitted on merit in the five public universities, in comparison to the number of candidates who sat from the respective schools.

The analysis is also built on data obtained from the Public Universities Joint Admissions Boards and Uganda National Examinations Board.

Three schools; Kitende, Namugongo, and Ntare got half of their candidates qualifying for Government scholarships in the available five public universities.

A total of over 300 schools, out of over 12,000 in the country, had some of their candidates admitted on merit, commonly known as Government sponsorship. Traditional schools still took a lion’s share of the admissions on merit.

The other top schools include Namilyango, Mbarara, St. Mary’s Rushoroza, Trinity College Nabbingo, Gayaza High, King’s College Budo, Turkish Light College, Naalya SS (Namugongo), and Nabisunsa. The schools which topped the admissions are Bweranyangi Girls, Kawempe Muslims, Crested SS, and Kitabi Seminary.

There has been a prefect mix of Government and privately owned schools, all taking reasonably equal share of the Government admissions.

More so, schools like Kitende, Namugongo, Gayaza, Namagunga, and Budo, and Namilyango dominated science courses.

Other schools leading certain courses’ admissions, including those of humanities, include Naalya SS-Namugongo, Seeta High (Old), and Kawempe Muslim.

All regions in the country are represented in the admissions, much as the central and western are still having big chunks of the students on Government admissions.

The same schools which have topped Government admissions also had the best performing students in last years’ A’level national examinations.

Students, who have not been admitted on merit, still stand a chance under the quota system’s admissions and affirmative action; which will accommodate about 1,500 more candidates. The rest will have to apply for private entry.

Admissions for private students have kicked off almost all the public universities in the country. Private universities started admissions months ago, and some are still undertaking the same process.