For decades, secondary schools in Wakiso district, such as Kings College Budo, Gayaza High School and St Mary’s College Kisubi, have been running the show by topping A’Level academic performance in the country. However, for the last five years, schools from Mukono, such as Seeta High School, St Julian High School, Light Academy Secondary School in Wakiso district and St Andrea Kahwa’s College Hoima have come up as challengers.
According to a scientific analysis conducted by New Vision, nine of the best 20 best schools are either in Mukono in the last five years are from Mukono, while five are from Wakiso. The data shows that schools from Kampala, Hoima, Bukedea and Mbarara, each have at least one school in the top 20. The analysis was based on data provided by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB).
According to the analysis, Gayaza High School in Wakiso ranked second while the other four top five schools are from Mukono. They are: Seeta High School, Mt. St. Mary’s Namagunga, Namiryango College and St Joseph’s Secondary School Naggalama.
Also, Mengo Secondary School in Kampala, Uganda Martyrs Namugongo, St Julian High School (Mukono) and St Andrea Kahwa’s College Hoima, in that order, complete the top-10 ranking.
RANKING EXPLAINED
Jonan Agaba, the research and data manager at Vision Group, explained that the analysis is based on the average number of points scored by all students in a particular school between 2017 and 2024. However, he noted that schools with less than 50 students were excluded from the ranking.
“We considered the average number of students a school had between 2017 and 2024. The COVID-19 period (2020-2022) is not included.”
GENERAL PERFORMANCE
The First Lady, who is also the Minister for Education and Sports, Mrs Janet Museveni, released the 2024 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results on Friday, during a function held at State House, Nakasero in Kampala.
A total of 141,906 candidates from 2,225 examination centres were registered last year by UNEB for the 2024 UACE examinations. However, 140,898 candidates turned up for the exams, while 1,008 were absent.
According to UNEB data, 92,273 candidates who sat at least two principal passes in last year exams, compared to 89,316 who attained them the same level in 2023. This makes them eligible to join universities.
