LIST: Names of 400 A-level Schools Whose Students Got Government Scholarships Under National Merit Scheme for 2026-2027 Academic Year

First, government offers 4,000 scholarships for students joining the public universities of Makerere, Kyambogo, Mountains of the Moon, Kabale, Mbarara, Gulu, Muni, Soroti, and Lira.

The government sponsorship is divided into several categories. The National Merit Scheme (Direct Entry Admissions) is the largest category, admitting top-performing students from across the country.

There is also the District Quota Scheme under which students are selected based on their district of origin, aiming for national representation.

There are also Special Schemes. These include 40 slots for talented sportspersons and 64 slots for persons with disabilities.

Diploma Holders are also admitted to university degree programs, usually limited to five per cent of the total intake capacity.

The National Merit Government Sponsorship Scheme remains Uganda’s most competitive pathway for admission into public universities on full government funding.

The scheme benefits brilliant students are selected strictly based, largely, on their Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results.

These students are ranked nationally and allocated public university places depending on merit, programme choice, and national priority areas, especially in science, technology, engineering, medicine, and education.

In recent years, government has insisted on 70 per cent of scholarships going to students pursuing science related academic programs.

For the 2026-2027 academic year, St Mary’s Secondary School Kitende, Uganda Martyrs’ SS Namugongo Kings’ College Budo, St Andrea Kahwa’s College in Hoima, Seeta High School, Seeta High School Mukono, St Mary’s College Lugazi, Mt St Mary’s College Namagunga and Amus College Bukedea topped the list of schools whose students won government scholarships because of their excellent performance in Uneb exams

NAMES OF 400 A-LEVEL SCHOOLS WHOSE STUDENTS GOT GOVERNMENT SPONSORSHIPS UNDER NATIONAL MERIT SCHEME FOR 2026-2027 ACADEMIC YEAR

St Mary’s Secondary School Kitende: 84

Uganda Martyrs SS, Namugongo: 83

King’s College, Budo: 66

St Andrea Kahwa’s College, Hoima: 54

Seeta High School: 50

Seeta High School, Mukono: 48

St Mary’s College, Lugazi: 45

Mt St Mary’s, Namagunga: 44

Amus College School: 43

St Gracious Secondary School, Lira: 42

Gombe Secondary School: 40

Mengo Secondary School: 39

St Joseph’s SS, Naggalama: 36

Ntare School: 35

Kawempe Muslim Secondary School: 34

Our Lady Of Africa Secondary School: 33

Gayaza High School: 32

Light Secondary School, Nyabubare: 30

Mengo Secondary School Annex: 30

Masaka Secondary School: 29

St Mary’s College, Kisubi: 27

Bp Cipriano Kihangire Secondary School: 26

Kitende Secondary School: 24

Ndejje Secondary School: 24

Seeta High School Level Campus 24

St Mark’s College, Namagoma 24

Kibuli Secondary School 23

Citizens Secondary School, Ibanda 22

God’s Way High School, Maganjo 22

Naalya SS, Namugongo 18

Namilyango College 18

Seeta High School Green Campus 17

Mbale Secondary School 16

Seroma Christian High School 16

Maryhill High School 15

Wisdom High School, Akalo 15

Buddo Secondary School 14

Bulooba Royal College 14

Merryland High School, Entebbe 14

St Lawrence Secondary School, Ssonde 14

Kyaddondo Secondary School 13

Madinah Islamic SS, Nsangi 13

St Joseph Of Nazareth High School 13

Cornerstone Leadership Academy 12

Lubiri Secondary School 12

Makerere College School, Mulawa 12

St Balikudembe SS, Kisoga 12

Standard High School, Zzana 12

Alliance Secondary School, Ibanda 11

Blessed Sacrament SS, Kimaanya 11

Mother Kevin College, Mabira 11

Nabisunsa Girls’ School 11

Rines Secondary School, Namusera 11

Immaculate Heart Girls School 10

Kabale Brainstorm High School 10

Kabale Trinity College 10

Mandela Secondary School Annex, Hoima 10

Pride College School, Mpigi 10

Trinity College, Nabbingo 10

Central College, Mityana 9

Greenlight Islamic SS, Nansana 9

Hilton High School, Mukono 9

Kololo Secondary School 9

Midland High School, Buntaba 9

Plus Two High School 9

St Kalemba SS, Villa Maria 9

Fort Portal Secondary School 8

Iganga Secondary School 8

Jeressar High School, Soroti 8

Kinaawa High School, Kawempe 8

Light Academy Secondary School 8

Luzira Secondary School 8

Mehta Secondary School 8

Naalya Secondary School, Bweyogerere 8

St Cyprian High School, Kyabakadde 8

St Mary’s College, Rushoroza 8

Standard College, Ntungamo 8

Exodus College School, Mmende 7

Kisozi High School 7

Lukwanga Secondary School 7

Mpigi Mixed Secondary School 7

Mt Zion Secondary School, Kitenga 7

St Joseph’s High School, Namagunga 7

St Thomas Vocational SS, Rubirizi 7

Teso College, Aloet 7

Bweranyangi Girls’ School 6

Jinja Progressive SS , Annex 6

Kakoola High School 6

Kansanga Seed Secondary School 6

Katikamu Secondary School 6

Midland High School, Kawempe 6

Ngora High School 6

St Henry’s College, Kitovu 6

St Jude’s Secondary School, Katende 6

Umar B.A Islamic High School 6

Wampewo Ntakke Secondary School 6

Airforce Secondary School, Entebbe 5

Bishop’s Senior School, Mukono 5

Buloba High School 5

Busoga College, Mwiri 5

Gayaza Cambridge College 5

Greenhill High School, Kamwenge 5

Jinja College 5

Kiira College Butiki 5

Kinoni High School 5

Kireka High School 5

Kyeizooba Girls’ Secondary School 5

Mbarara High School 5

Mityana Standard Secondary School 5

Nakawa Union Vision Secondary School 5

Namungoona High School 5

Saviour High School Kiboga 5

St Charles Lwanga SS Bukerere 5

St John’s College Mpigi 5

St Michael High School Mukono 5

St Noa Mawagali Sec.School Jinja 5

Tororo Girls’ School 5

Tropical High School Idudi 5

Uganda Martyrs SS Kayunga 5

Bishop Nkoyoyo SS Matale 4

Broadway High School Kampala 4

Bukedea Comprehensive School 4

Ekitangaala Transformation High 4

Elite High School Entebbe 4

Greenfields High School, Iganga 4

Greenhill Academy, Kampala 4

Janan Secondary School, Bombo 4

Kigezi High School 4

Kigumba Intensive Secondary School 4

Kijjabwemi Secondary School 4

Kisoro Vision Secondary School 4

Kitagata Secondary School 4

Kyambogo College School 4

Lubiri High School 4

Mpoma School 4

St Mary’s High School, Kammengo 4

Mukono High School 4

Munta Royal College, Bombo 4

Namagabi Secondary School 4

Nyakasura School 4

Our Lady Of Africa SS , Mukono 4

Sam Iga Memorial College 4

St Joseph’s Vocational School , Mbarara 4

St Padre Pio Secondary School, Busunju 4

Standard College Secondary School, Nsangi 4

Star Senior School, Jjeza 4

Archbishop Kiwanuka SS , Kitovu 3

Bombo Army Secondary School 3

Budini Secondary School 3

Bulo Parents Secondary School 3

Bwera Secondary School 3

Iganga High School 3

Jakayz Secondary School, Kabowa 3

Kangulumira Public Secondary School 3

Karambi Secondary School 3

Kasubi Secondary School 3

Lakeside Secondary School, Masese 3

Lugazi Homestone School 3

Luwero Secondary School 3

Makerere High School, Migadde 3

Masindi Army Secondary School 3

St Henry’s High School, Mukono 3

Zion High School, Iganga 3

Mulusa Academy, Wobulenzi 3

Mumsa High School, Mityana 3

Musana Vocational High School 3

Naalya Secondary School, Lugazi Campus 3

Naggalama Secondary School 3

Namirembe Hillside High School 3

Royal Giant High School, Mityana 3

Ryeru School 3

Sseke Secondary School 3

St Henry’s College, Mbalwa 3

St James Secondary School, Hoima 3

St Kalemba Secondary School 3

St Kizito Secondary School, Bugolobi 3

St Mary’s Sec School Annex, Kitende 3

St Mary’s Vocational, Kyamuhunga 3

St Peter’s Sec.School, Nsambya 3

Ubuntu Hill School 3

Uganda Martyrs High School, Kiboga 3

Vienna High School, Kabowa 3

Viva College School, Wairaka 3

Bulo Parents Secondary School — 3

Bwera Secondary School — 3

Iganga High School — 3

Jakayz Secondary School, Kabowa — 3

Kangulumira Public Sec School — 3

Karambi Secondary School — 3

Kasubi Secondary School — 3

Lakeside Secondary School, Masese — 3

Lugazi Homestone School — 3

Luwero Secondary School — 3

Makerere High School Migadde — 3

Masindi Army Secondary School — 3

Mt St Henry’s High School, Mukono — 3

Mt Zion High School, Iganga — 3

Mulusa Academy, Wobulenzi — 3

Mumsa High School, Mityana — 3

Musana Vocational High School — 3

Naalya Sec School, Lugazi Campus — 3

Naggalama Secondary School — 3

Namirembe Hillside High School — 3

Royal Giant High School, Mityana — 3

Ryeru School — 3

SSeke Secondary School — 3

St Henry’s College, Mbalwa — 3

St James Secondary School, Hoima — 3

St Kalemba Secondary School — 3

St Kizito Secondary School, Bugolobi — 3

St Mary’s Secondary School Annex, Kitende — 3

St Mary’s Vocational, Kyamuhunga — 3

St Peter’s Secondary School, Nsambya — 3

Ubuntu Hill School — 3

Uganda Martyrs High School, Kiboga — 3

Vienna High School, Kabowa — 3

Viva College School, Wairaka – 3

Act High School, Kakuuto — 2

Alliance High School, Nansana — 2

Bamusuuta Secondary School — 2

Biguli Secondary School — 2

Bilal Islamic School, Bwaise — 2

Blessed Comboni SS, Kigumba — 2

Brilliant High School, Kawempe — 2

Bubangizi Secondary School — 2

Budinse Memorial School — 2

Buikwe Secondary School — 2

Buloba Christian High School — 2

Busiika Muslim Secondary School — 2

Buwambo Seed Secondary School — 2

Central School, Hoima — 2

Christ The King Girls SS, Matuga — 2

Crested Secondary School, Kampala — 2

Faith High School, Sonde — 2

God Cares High School — 2

Good Samaritan High School, Nansana — 2

Halcyon High School, Soroti — 2

Highway Secondary School, Kiganda — 2

Hilton High School, Ngandu — 2

Ibanda Secondary School — 2

Kagamba Secondary School — 2

King Solomon’s College, Kyatega — 2

Kingsway High School — 2

Kinkiizi High School, Nyakatare — 2

Kisubi Mapeera Secondary School — 2

Lakeside College, Luzira — 2

Light College, Katikamu — 2

London College Of St Lawrence — 2

Lubiri High School, Buloba Campus — 2

Lubugumu Jamia High School — 2

Makindye Secondary School — 2

Mariam High School, Kampala — 2

Mateete Comprehensive Seed SS — 2

Mbogo High School — 2

Mentor Secondary School, Lira — 2

Mityana Modern Secondary School — 2

Nakanyonyi Secondary School — 2

Nyondo Secondary School — 2

Ocer Campion Jesuit College — 2

Royal College Namugongo, Mukono — 2

Rubongi Army Secondary School, Tororo — 2

Sacred Heart Kiteredde Secondary School — 2

Sacred Heart Sec. School, Mushanga — 2

Sebei College, Tegeres — 2

Seeta College — 2

Seguku Hill College — 2

Sheema Premier School — 2

Shepherd High School, Katovu — 2

Spire High School, Gayaza — 2

St Charles Lwanga SS, Kasasa — 2

St Charles Lwanga High, Kashekuro — 2

St Francis Buhunga High School — 2

St John’s Buwaaya Secondary School — 2

St John’s Secondary School, Nandere — 2

St Joseph’s Sec School, Namugongo — 2

St Joseph’s Secondary School, Nkoni — 2

St Julian High School, Gayaza — 2

St Kaggwa Bushenyi High School — 2

St Lucia Hill School, Namagoma — 2

St Maria Goretti SS, Katende — 2

St Michael Secondary School, Amen — 2

St Noa’s Girls Sec. School, Zzana — 2

St Peter’s Secondary School, Namawojjolo — 2

St Peter’s Secondary School, Naalya — 2

St Raphael Secondary School, Nyakanyinya — 2

St Thomas Aquinas Col, Kamwenge — 2

Stena Hill School, Kampala — 2

Victoria High School, Iganga — 2

Vine High School, Kyeizoba — 2

Wakiso Muslim Secondary School — 2

Wanyange Girls School — 2

Aidan College, Kampala — 1

Bethany High School, Naalya — 1

Bishop’s Girls School, Rushere — 1

Blessed Victors SS, Buwalula — 1

Boston High School, Mpala — 1

Bugisu High School — 1

Bukomansimbi Secondary School — 1

Bulamu Seed Secondary School — 1

Bulemezi Secondary School, Vvumba — 1

Bunya Secondary School — 1

Bupadhengo Secondary School — 1

Butsibo Secondary School — 1

Bweyogerere Secondary School — 1

Bwijanga Secondary School, Masindi — 1

Cityland College, Matugga — 1

Code High School, Seeta Bajjo — 1

Crane High School, Bwerenga — 1

Dara Christian High School, Lira — 1

Divine Mercy Secondary School, Kiko — 1

Duhaga Secondary School — 1

Equatorial College, Ibanda — 1

Gayaza Road Secondary School — 1

Great Aubrey Memorial College — 1

Hamdan Islamic Secondary School — 1

Hereigns Secondary School, Malaba — 1

Highlight Secondary School, Kadama — 1

Hill Top High School, Hoima — 1

Hillside College, Mityana — 1

Hopeful Future Secondary School, Kayunga — 1

Ibanda Progressive Secondary School — 1

Ibun Masood High School, Makindye — 1

Iqra High School — 1

Jinja Modern Secondary School — 1

Jinja Secondary School Annex — 1

Kabaale Sanje Secondary School — 1

Kabukunge Muslim Secondary School — 1

Kagadi Secondary School — 1

Kakungulu Memorial School, Kampala — 1

Kamonkoli College — 1

Kampala High School — 1

Kasawo Secondary School — 1

Kasenyi Secondary School — 1

Kasese Secondary School — 1

Kashenyi Secondary School — 1

Kawaala High School — 1

Kawanda Secondary School — 1

Kennedy Secondary School, Kisubi — 1

Kibatsi High School — 1

Kibiito Secondary School — 1

Kiboga Progressive Secondary School — 1

Kiburara Alpha & Omega SS — 1

Kichwamba High School — 1

Kigezi College, Butobere — 1

Kigulu College — 1

Kilembe Secondary School — 1

Kinaawa High School, Mugongo — 1

Kingstone High School, Kawempe — 1

Kinyasano Girls’ High School — 1

Kira Secondary School, Namugongo — 1

Kisaasi College School — 1

Kisubi High School — 1

Kitabi Seminary — 1

Kitagata High School — 1

Kitante Hill Secondary School — 1

Kitebi Secondary School — 1

Kyabazinga College — 1

Kyamakanda Secondary School — 1

Kyebambe Girls’ Secondary School — 1

Kyenjojo Secondary School — 1

Lion Of Judah High School — 1

Lowell Girls School, Nsimbe — 1

Lusiba Progressive Secondary School — 1

Luweero High School — 1

Mackay Memorial School, Natete — 1

Makerere Secondary School — 1

Masaka Exodus Voc Secondary School — 1

Masheruka Girls’ Secondary School — 1

Masindi Secondary School — 1

Master Cares Christian High School — 1

Mateete College School — 1

Matugga Hills Secondary School — 1

Matugga Mixed Secondary School — 1

Mbogo College School, Kawempe — 1

Mbogo Mixed Secondary School — 1

Model High School, Kampala — 1

Motherland Academy — 1

Mpoma School Satellite Campus — 1

Mt St Katherine Secondary School, Bujuuko — 1

Muhanga Progressive Secondary School — 1

Mutolere Secondary School — 1

Mwererwe Secondary School — 1

Najjembe Homeland SS, Lugazi — 1

Nakifuma High School — 1

Namataba Secondary School — 1

Namboole High School — 1

Namiryango Secondary School — 1

Namungoona Parents Secondary School — 1

Nansana Secondary School — 1

Natete Muslim High School — 1

Ndeeba Secondary School, Kayunga — 1

Ndekye Secondary School — 1

New High Tech Secondary School, Kajjansi — 1

Nganwa High School — 1

Nibras Islamic SS, Manyangwa Gayaza — 1

Nkoowe High School — 1

Ntungamo Girls’ High School — 1

Nyabubare Secondary School — 1

Nyenga Secondary School — 1

Old Kampala Secondary School — 1

Olila High School — 1

Oxford Secondary School, Ibanda — 1

Passion Christian H/S, Kyebando — 1

Paul Mukasa Secondary School, Mukono — 1

Petta Community Secondary School — 1

Premier Secondary School, Hoima — 1

Queen Of Martyrs High School, Kira — 1

Rainbow High School, Budaka — 1

Restore Leadership High School, Gulu — 1

Rock High School, Kabale — 1

Ruyonza Secondary School — 1

Seat Of Wisdom Secondary School, Kasawo — 1

Shuhadae Islamic School, Mbarara — 1

SSaku Secondary School — 1

St Agatha’s Secondary School, Kakore — 1

St Andrew Kaggwa SS, Kasaala — 1

St Andrew Kaggwa Gombe High — 1

St Andrew’s Academy, Kisoro — 1

St Andrew’s College, SSanda — 1

St Augustine’s College, Wakiso — 1

St Bridget Girls High, Kashenyi — 1

St Bruno SSerunkuma’s SS, Ggoli — 1

St Charles Lwanga International Secondary School — 1

St Charles Lwanga Seminary — 1

St Elizabeth Girls’ SS, Mityana — 1

St Francis Borgia High School — 1

St Gertrude’s Voc Girls, Kisoro — 1

St Henry’s Buyege Secondary School — 1

St Henry’s School, Kyengera — 1

St John Bosco Seminary, Hoima — 1

St John’s Secondary School, Kabuwoko — 1

St John’s Secondary School, Mukono — 1

St John’s Wakiso Secondary School — 1

St Joseph’s Girls, Nsambya — 1

St Joseph’s Seminary, Nyenga — 1

St Jude Secondary School, Masaka — 1

St Julian High School, Seeta — 1

St Kana Secondary School, Katooma, Kigoma — 1

St Kizito High School, Namugongo — 1

St Mark’s Secondary School, Kabwohe — 1

St Michael High School, Rugazi — 1

St Michael International School — 1

St Paul Secondary School, Nsangi — 1

St Paul’s Secondary School, Bukinda — 1

St Paul’s Voc Secondary School, Buyanja — 1

St Peter’s High School, Jinja — 1

St Pontiano Ngondwe Secondary School — 1

St Thereza’s Girls’ SS, Bwanda — 1

Standard Secondary School, Kisoro — 1

Star Secondary School, Busega — 1

The Academy St Lawrence, Budo — 1

Toggo Secondary and Vocational School — 1

Tororo Mixed Secondary School — 1

Triangle Secondary School, Iganga — 1

Trinity High School, Masajja — 1

Trinity Senior Academy, Entebbe — 1

Uganda Martyrs Voc SSS — 1

Verona High School, Mutundwe — 1

Wagwa High School — 1

Wits College, Namulanda — 1

You can see the list of 2,485 students who have been given government scholarships under national merit scheme for 2026-2027 academic year Here.

The lists of best A-level schools in sciences, and those with biggest number of maximum 20 points are Here and There.