It is fees time for parents, guardians and students. In this report, The Pearl Times shows you how much Senior One Students joining Uganda’s top schools will pay in 2024.
In a liberalized economy that Uganda is, the issue of school fees keeps getting complicated for most parents who are used to relatively low fees in government-run but mostly poor quality public schools under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE).
As demand for quality education grows, top Ugandan schools (top in terms of performance in national exams) are not cutting their fees in an economy that is on its knees.
Even mushrooming private schools are not offering the much-need sigh of relief as they are focusing on grades, which then become a bait for high school fees.
In Kampala and Entebbe where the first lady and education minister, Janet Museveni, sits, pronouncements on regulation of fees are not helping the situation as school heads and education entrepreneurs ignore them.
List of Selected Top Secondary Schools and their Fees for Senior One 2024
| School | Fees (UGX) | |
| 1 | King’s College Budo | 2,500,000 |
| 2 | Nabisunsa Girls School | 1,950,000 |
| 3 | Iganga Girls SS | 1,800,000 |
| 4 | St Janan SS | 1,800,000 |
| 5 | Tororo Girls’ School | 1,700,000 |
| 6 | Gombe SS | 1,520,000 |
| 7 | St Peter’s College Tororo | 1,500,000 |
| 8 | St Janan Luwum SS | 1,500,000 |
| 9 | Bweranyangi Girls SS | 1,400,000 |
| 10 | Mbarara High School | 1,300,000 |
| 11 | Bishops SS Mukono | 1,300,000 |
| 12 | Mandela SS Hoima | 1,300,000 |
| 13 | Ntungamo Girls HS | 1,265,000 |
| 14 | Hilton HS Mukono | 1,250,000 |
| 15 | Immaculate Heart Girls SS Nyakibare | 1,200,000 |
| 16 | Kira College Butiki | 1,200,000 |
| 17 | Nyakasura School | 1,000,000 |
| 18 | St Mary’s College Rushoroza | 990,000 |
| 19 | Nabumali High School | 989,000 |
| 20 | Kigezi High School | 980,000 |
| 21 | Mityana Standard School | 910,000 |
| 22 | Kyebambe Girls SS | 907,000 |
| 23 | Mityana SS | 900,000 |
| 24 | Ibanda SS | 880,000 |
| 25 | St Kagwa HS Bushenyi | 860,000 |
| 26 | St Joseph’s College Ombaci | 840,000 |
| 27 | Kibubura Girls SS | 830,000 |
| 28 | Lubiri SS | 799,000 |
| 29 | Bishop Kivengere Girls SS | 768,000 |
| 30 | Kabale Brainstorm | 740,000 |
| 31 | St Catherine Girls Lira | 700,000 |
| 32 | Budini SS Kaliro | 700,000 |
| 33 | Masheruka Girls SS | 700,000 |
| 34 | MM College Wairaka | 700,000 |
| 35 | Sacred Heart Girls School | 698,000 |
| 36 | Nganwa High School | 680,000 |
| 37 | Dabani Girls SS | 680,000 |
| 38 | Nalinya Lwantale Girls SS | 648,000 |
| 39 | Kigezi College Butobere | 631,000 |
| 40 | Muni Girls SS | 620,000 |
| 41 | Kibito SS Bunyangabu | 610,000 |
| 42 | Entebbe SSS | 600,000 |
| 43 | Muntuyera High School | 600,000 |
| 44 | Hornby HS Kabale | 600,000 |
| 45 | Gulu High School | 600,000 |
Senior One 2024 school fees for selected top schools in Uganda/The Pearl Times
The above list comprises schools paying what is quickly becoming ‘moderate’ schools.
While most top expensive schools, especially the traditional government-aided ones, remain cagey on their school fees structures, our 2023 list will come in handy.
See list of Uganda’s most expensive schools in 2023 Here.
You can also see the list of Senior One cut off points for top schools in 2024 Here.
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