Kigezi College Butobere is a boys-only school founded in 1957. It is located in Butobere, Kabale Municipality. The school is strategically positioned to teach the whole given its experienced educationists, vast resources and infrastructure on the ground.
Academic Calendar For 2023
| Term | Start | End | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term I | Monday, 6th February 2023 | Friday, 5th May 2023 | 89 Days |
| Holidays | Friday, 6th May, 2023 | Sun, 28th May 2023 | 23 Days |
| Term II | Monday, 29th May 2023 | Friday, 25th August 2023 | 89 Days |
| Siniya Day | Friday, 21st July 2023 | Saturday, 22nd July 2023 | 2 Days |
| Holidays | Friday, 26th August 2023 | Sun, 17th September 2023 | 23 Days |
| Term III | Monday, 18th September 2023 | Friday, 1st December 2023 | 75 Days |
| Holidays | Friday, 2nd December 2023 | Sun, 5th February 2024 | 65 Days |
Daily School Events
| 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 DATED 2ND JANUARY
COMPULSORY SUBJECTS IN S.1.
- 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 | ELECTIVES 2 |
| 1. Foreign languages e.g French, German, | 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 | ELECTIVE: 2 ( Pre-Vocational Subjects) | ELECTIVE: 3 |
| UGANDA SIGN LANGUAGE | PERFORMING ARTS | CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION |
| KISWAHILI | ART & DESIGN | ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION |
| LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | AGRICULTURE | |
| LOCAL LANGUAGE | ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGE | NUTRITION & TECHNOLOGY | |
| INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECH (ICT) | ||
| PHYSICAL EDUCATION | ||
| 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 40 periods per week.
SCHOOL FEES STRUCTURE 2023
| Class | School Fees | Transitional Fees | Uniform | Total |
| S.1 | 526,000 | 35,000 | 100,000 | 661,000 |
| S.2 | 536,000 | 35,000 | – | 571,000 |
| S.3 | 545,000 | 35,000 | – | 580,000 |
| S.4 | 590,000 | 35,000 | – | 625,000 |
| S.5 | 580,000 | 35,000 | 100,000 | 715,000 |
| S.6 | 590,000 | 35,000 | – | 625,000 |
UNEB FEES
| S.4 | 170,000 |
| S.6 | 190,000 |
NB: All fees are to be paid in Centenary Bank Account: 7020023591, however, money for uniform
(100,000) to be paid in 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.