Mackay College is a government aided secondary school located in Nateete, one of Kampala's suburbs, in Lubaga Division, Kampala District, Uganda. It is 8km from the city centre, off Masaka road, within the vicinity of Mackay Church of Uganda Nateete in Nateete Church Zone.The school established in 1967, it provides both 'O' Level and 'A' Level education with a focus on academic excellence and practical skills development. The college offers a comprehensive curriculum for both Ordinary (S.1–S.4) and Advanced (S.5–S.6) levels.[1]
In the 2023 UCE results, the school recorded strong performance with 70% of candidates passing in Division One or Two. The school is active in regional competitions, like the URA Tax Poem contest, where it recently placed third.
Operations.
The school operates a small piggery where pupils learn to care for domestic pigs, students are trained how to grow vegetables (without using artificial fertilizers) through the organic farming project led by the biology teacher Migadde Jane. Other projects run by the school, such as briquette making, seek to produce self-reliant and self-employed students in order to curb unemployment in the area. The school was founded as a private school in 1967 and later became government aided school in 1980.
History
The school was founded in 1967 on private basis and later became government aided in 1980. It is a Mixed Day 'O' and 'A' level secondary school and currently,[when?] it has a population of approx. 1100 students.
The school is named after Alexander Murdoch Mackay, a missionary, a teacher and an engineer who contributed tremendously to Christianity and education in Uganda.
Mackay Memorial College has been the recipient of multiple grants from the TEAA (Teachers for East Africa Alumni) totally $4400. It has been allocated for computers, instructor education, books, and a computing environment. Individuals within the organization have donated tuition money for students as well as computers.[2]
Gertrude Sekabira was the headteacher of Mackay Memorial College from 2001 to 2021 when she succumbed to COVID-19 in January 2021.[3] In June 2022, Ms. Mary Mukasa Kalyango[4] was appointed as the headteacher of this school. She found the school in a sorry state, with a number of challenges such as old infrastructure and the accumulation of debts. The school facilities such as the laboratory, library and dormitories were in a dire state. She renovated the laboratory and equipped it with the right equipment, stocked the library and hired more teachers. This effort led to an improvement in academics at the school. In 2023, the school obtained 64 first grades from students who sat their Uganda Certificate of Education examination.[5]
Some fees structure (2024–2025): For day students (S.1–S.4), schoolfees have been cited at approximately 450,000/= per term, excluding uniform and additional requirements.
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