Editing Kampala (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Ssetendekero Makerere.jpg|thumb|[[Makerere University]]]]
[[File:Makerere Univesity main Building -colonial years.png|thumb|Makerere University Main building in the pre independence years]]
'''Pre-primary education'''

Pre-primary education is offered only by private entities which are located in the various neighbourhoods of Kampala and is lightly regulated by the [[Ministry of Education and Sports (Uganda)|Ministry of Education and Sports]] and starts from age of 6 weeks. Education in Kampala city is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions offering a wide range of educational training that includes pre-primary, primary, secondary, vocational, technical undergraduate and post-graduate education.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

'''Primary and secondary education in Kampala'''

Kampala has a number of both primary and secondary schools in every parish that are mostly privately owned and a handful that are state-owned and are also lightly regulated by the City Education directorate and Ministry of Education and Sports.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.kcca.go.ug/Education |title = Education – KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY &#124; for a better City}}</ref>

Some of the private institutions:

* Kampala Parents School
* Aga Khan School
* Gayaza High School
* Good Times Primary School
* Global Junior School<ref name=":2" />
*Kawempe Muslim secondary school 
{{Further|Kinaawa High School Kawempe}}

'''Vocational and technical education in Kampala'''

Kampala has a number of both private and state institutions offering training in a broad range of fields as indicated in the table below:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+
|-
! Vocation/technical 
institution
! Speciality !! Location
!Ownership!! Est
|-
| Nakawa Vocational Training Institute<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.btvet-uganda.org/training-provider/homepages/nakawa-vocational-training-institute/view|title=Nakawa Vocational training Institute — Uganda BTVET – Business Technical Vocational Education and Training|website=www.btvet-uganda.org|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-date=2019-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914024557/http://btvet-uganda.org/training-provider/homepages/nakawa-vocational-training-institute/view|url-status=dead}}</ref>||
* Electricity/electronic
* Automotive/auto – electrical
* Brick/block laying and concrete practice
* Welding and fabrication
* Sheet metal and plumbing
* Wood working
* Machining and Fitting
| Nakawa
|State owned|| 1971
|-
| Tiner International School of Beauty<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.btvet-uganda.org/training-provider/homepages/tiner-international-school-of-beauty|title=Tiner International School of Beauty Hairdressing Art & Fashion Designing — Uganda BTVET – Business Technical Vocational Education and Training|website=www.btvet-uganda.org|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-date=2019-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927012215/http://www.btvet-uganda.org/training-provider/homepages/tiner-international-school-of-beauty|url-status=dead}}</ref>||
* Hairdressing
* Beauty therapy
| Wandegeya
|Private|| 1995
|-
| Jimmy Sekasi Institute of Catering<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.btvet-uganda.org/training-provider/homepages/jimmy-ssekasi-institute|title=Jimmy Sekasi Institute of Catering — Uganda BTVET – Business Technical Vocational Education and Training|website=www.btvet-uganda.org|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-date=2019-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914025302/http://www.btvet-uganda.org/training-provider/homepages/jimmy-ssekasi-institute|url-status=dead}}</ref>||
* Food and beverage
| Kabalagala
|Private|| 1989
|-
|St Mbaaga Major Seminary<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1425216/100-seminarians-graduate-st-mbaaga-seminary|title=100 seminarians graduate at St. Mbaaga Seminary|website=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-date=2016-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618065832/http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1425216/100-seminarians-graduate-st-mbaaga-seminary|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
* Theology
|Ggaba
|Private
|1976
|}
The city is also home to various public and private universities in the country including [[Makerere University]], [[Kyambogo University]], [[Kampala University]], [[African Bible University (Uganda)|African Bible University]], [[International University of East Africa]], [[Ndejje University]] and many others.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} [[File:Kyambogo University Central library.jpg | thumb|220x124px | right | alt= A library at kyambogo university Kampala  | Kyambogo university library]]