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School Academic Calendar and Current Fees Structure

Academic Calendar For 2026

Term	Start	End	Days
Term I	Tuesday, 10th February 2026	Friday, 1st May 2026	89 Days
Holidays	Friday, 2nd May, 2025	Sun, 24th May 2026	23 Days
Term II	Monday, 25th May 2026	Friday, 21st August 2026	89 Days
Siniya Day	TBD	TBD	2 Days
Holidays	Friday, 22nd August 2026	Sun, 13th September 2026	23 Days
Term III	Monday, 14th September 2026	Friday, 4th December 2026	82 Days
Holidays	Friday, 5th December 2026	Sun, 31st January 2027	58 Days

SCHOOL FEES STRUCTURE 2026

Class	School Fees (UGX)	Transitional Fees (UGX)	Uniform (UGX)	Total (UGX)
S.1	616,000	35,000	155,000	806,000
S.2	626,000	35,000	155,000	816,000
S.3	636,000	35,000	155,000	826,000
S.4	680,000	35,000	155,000	870,000
S.5	670,000	35,000	155,000	860,000
S.6	680,000	35,000	155,000	870,000

UNEB FEES

S.4	170,000
S.6	190,000

NB: All fees to be paid in Centenary Bank Account: 7020023591, however money for uniform
(145,000) to be paid cash to the uniform office (store).

ADMISSION CRITERIA

We admit all kinds of male students from different backgrounds with no discrimination on Religion or Race. As long as one meets our academic requirements and the vacancies are still available, a student stands a chance of being admitted in S.1, S.2, S.3 and S.5. Admission forms are obtained at the school on presentation of results attained by the applicant in the previous exams.

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Daily School Events

Daily Schedule Table

TIME	ACTIVITY
6:30 – 7:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 – 10:40 am	Morning Lessons
10:40 – 11:00 am	Break Time
11:00 – 1:00 pm	Mid-morning lessons
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Lunch time
2:00 – 4:40 pm	Afternoon lessons
4:40 – 5:30 pm	Extra-curricular activities, discussions and personal administration
5:30 – 6:30 pm	Supper
7:00 – 9:30 pm	Night prep

NEW CURRICULUM FOR LOWER SECONDARY

EXTRACTS FROM NCDC CIRCULAR 1/2020 DATED 2ND JANUARY 2020

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS IN S.1 2020.

MATHEMATICS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PHYSICS
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY & POLITICAL EDUCATION
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (CRE or IRE)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
KISWAHILI
PHYSICAL EDUCATION

N.B: General Science will only be done by Special needs students

The school is required to choose only four (4) elective subjects from which the leaner picks/selects one to be added to the 11 compulsory subjects listed above.
Schools are requested to submit formal requests to the Director, NCDC for the instruction materials required to teach a maximum of four (4) elective subjects to be selected from the list of electives for Senior 1 and 2 below. On delivering the request letter, the school will accordingly be issued with the elective teaching syllabi of those identified subjects.

The electives for senior 1 and 2:

The choice for the elective subjects will be made from the following groupings:

ELECTIVES 1 (Languages & Literature)	ELECTIVES 2 (Practical, Creative & Technical)
1. Foreign Languages (e.g. French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Latin)	1. Agriculture
2. Local Languages / Uganda Sign Language	2. Art and Design
3. Literature in English	3. Performing Arts
	4. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
	5. Nutrition and Food Technology
	6. Technology and Design

N.B: Learners with special learning needs such as visual impairment and dyslexia will study general science as an alternative to the major science subjects.

Before selecting the electives, parents need to be well sensitized about the option to be taken on by the student.
Schools are advised to turn those subjects they have been teaching (especially practical ones) but have not been selected as electives into clubs where learners actively participate for purposes of skills development and a certificate of merit is awarded at the end of the course.
The format of assessment has been changed i.e BOT, MOT or end of year have been removed and replaced with topical exercises/activities from which the average mark is generated and this can be used to make the report for the learners.
A detailed circular is to be issued to schools by UNEB pertaining to students’ assessment.

At S.3 in 2022, the curriculum menu will change as follows:

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS FOR S.3 & S.4

(AS PER NEW LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM).

1. English language 2. Mathematics 3. History & Political Education 4. Physics 5. Chemistry 6. Biology 7. Geography

Electives for senior 3 & 4.

The choices for the two elective subjects OR three elective subjects for learners with special learning needs will be made from at least two of the following groupings:

ELECTIVE 1 (Languages & Related)	ELECTIVE 2 (Pre-Vocational / Practical)	ELECTIVE 3 (Religious Education)
1. Uganda Sign Language	1. Performing Arts	1. Christian Religious Education
2. Kiswahili	2. Art & Design	2. Islamic Religious Education
3. Literature in English	3. Agriculture
4. Local Language	4. Entrepreneurship Education
5. Foreign Language (e.g. French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Latin)	5. Nutrition & Food Technology
	6. Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
	7. Physical Education
	8. Technology & Design

Further guidance:

All secondary schools shall be obliged to offer the 11 compulsory subjects for Senior 1 & 2 as indicated above in (a).
School instruction time is from 8:00 a.m to 2:55 p.m but the School day will run up to 4:30 pm each working day.
Each lesson is 40 minutes which will total to 40 periods per week.