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Ministry of Education and Sports: List of Government Primary Schools 2016; Government Secondary Schools

Government primary and secondary schools in Uganda

Government primary schools (2016 list) and government secondary schools published by the Ministry of Education and Sports, with their EMIS numbers, linked to the district, sub-county and parish of this portal.

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13,110
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Nov 9, 2026
last updated
2017-11-06
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Every list below can be read one page at a time (API), or taken whole as CSV or JSON.

  • Government schools in Lamwo district
    /api/v1/education/schools?filter[district]=91
    API CSV JSON
  • Every government secondary school
    /api/v1/education/schools?filter[level]=secondary
    API CSV JSON 
# Government schools in Lamwo district
curl -g 'https://opendata.ssmusoke.dev/api/v1/education/schools?filter[district]=91&format=json'
// Government schools in Lamwo district
$rows = json_decode(file_get_contents(
    'https://opendata.ssmusoke.dev/api/v1/education/schools?filter[district]=91&format=json'
), true);
// Government schools in Lamwo district
$rows = Http::get('https://opendata.ssmusoke.dev/api/v1/education/schools', [
    'filter' => [
        'district' => 91,
    ],
    'format' => 'json',
])->json();
# Government schools in Lamwo district
import requests

rows = requests.get(
    "https://opendata.ssmusoke.dev/api/v1/education/schools",
    params={"filter[district]": 91, "format": "json"},
).json()
// Government schools in Lamwo district
const rows = await fetch(
  "https://opendata.ssmusoke.dev/api/v1/education/schools?filter[district]=91&format=json"
).then((r) => r.json());

Files

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Cite as

Uganda OpenData Playground (2026). Government primary and secondary schools in Uganda. https://opendata.ssmusoke.dev/public/datasets. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Source

Ministry of Education and Sports: List of Government Primary Schools 2016; Government Secondary Schools (2017-11-06)

Known issues

  • Only government schools: the Ministry has not published a list of private and community schools in a usable form.
  • The primary list dates from 2016. Schools opened, closed or renamed since then are not reflected.
  • Schools are linked by the names of the district, sub-county and parish in the list. All are linked to a district, about 78% of primary schools to a sub-county and 71% to a parish; the names as listed are kept in listedLocation.
  • Secondary schools are linked to their district only.
  • The phone numbers in the primary list are personal contacts and are not published.
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Changelog

  1. 2026-11-08 · First publication: 12,085 government primary and 1,025 government secondary schools.