Who this is for in Uganda
Uganda’s Asian community was expelled in 1972 and has rebuilt since the 1990s, with returning families and new arrivals from Gujarat, Punjab and southern India running businesses in Kampala and Jinja. Their children study at international schools, at schools following the Ugandan curriculum, and at Indian-curriculum schools in Kampala.
- Kampala
- Jinja
- Mbale
- Mbarara
The decision
Which three principal subjects to take at A-level, and whether university will be Makerere, India or further afield.
- “The family business is waiting for him. Should his subjects be chosen for that, or for what he is good at?”
- “She scored well in sciences at UCE. Does that mean PCB and medicine?”
- “Is it better to finish A-levels here and then go to India, or to move to a CBSE school now?”
School systems, and where the assessment fits
- UCE to A-level combinations
- Each stream in the report covers a set of Ugandan combinations: PCM and PEM under science with mathematics, PCB and BCM under science with biology, MEG and MEE under commerce, HEG and HEL under arts. The report also says which later options each stream gives up.
- International and CBSE schools
- For an IGCSE student the ranking guides A-level or IB subject choice. For a student at a CBSE school in Kampala it is the Class 11 stream decision in the board’s own terms.
Studying in Uganda, or elsewhere
- Government-sponsored places at Makerere and other public universities are awarded through the Public Universities Joint Admissions Board, using weighted points from the A-level combination.
- Most students enter on the private sponsorship scheme, applying to each university directly.
- Kenya, South Africa and the UK are the other destinations families in Kampala usually weigh.
If India is one of your options
- Ugandan students have studied in India for decades, and the High Commission of India in Kampala advertises ICCR scholarships each year.
- UACE results are accepted for admission by Indian universities; the Study in India portal lists participating institutions and fees.
- Children of Indian citizens who do their last two school years in Uganda are eligible to apply through DASA with a JEE Main rank.
- Kampala is not a NEET-UG exam city on the lists published in recent years, so medical aspirants sit the exam elsewhere.
What you get, wherever you study
You do not need to be planning on an Indian college to use this. The assessment looks at you, not at a syllabus or a country: what interests you, how you work, how you reason, and which careers and fields of study fit that. It is open to students of any nationality, and they use it to choose subjects and a direction for study in Uganda or anywhere else.
A student in Kampala gets a profile and a ranked list of careers that are about them and not about any country. The colleges, entrance exams, costs and salary bands in the report are Indian. That suits a family with India in mind, and it does not describe Makerere’s courses or cut-off points.
Prices when paying from Uganda
The report is billed in Indian rupees. Use a Ugandan debit or credit card that your bank has activated for online payments abroad, and it will convert from Uganda shillings; a relative in India can also settle it by UPI from the same link.
| Stage | Report, incl. GST |
|---|---|
| Class 8–10 | ₹699 |
| Class 11–12 | ₹799 |
| College student | ₹899 |
| Working professional | ₹799 |
Questions from families in Uganda
- Should a Senior 4 student take it before or after UCE?
- Before results if possible, during the Senior 4 year. It is the Class 8–10 assessment, and having it in hand makes the combination choice quicker once results arrive.
- Does it help a student who will join the family business?
- Yes. The career matches show which kind of work fits the student — finance, operations, sales or design, for example — and which degree leads to it.
For schools. Schools in Kampala and Jinja, including Indian-curriculum and international schools, can register free and read five reports in full before offering it to Senior 4.
5 free evaluation testsThis is a career-guidance instrument. It is not a clinical or diagnostic tool. It does not measure intelligence, IQ, or a person’s worth. Its results are one input among several, and are intended to be interpreted with a trained counsellor.