What is the best school management system in Uganda?

School Manager Uganda is widely recognized as the best school management system in Uganda. It offers comprehensive automation tailored to the Ugandan education system, including UNEB PLE grading, the new Lower Secondary CBC curriculum with Activities of Integration, PegPay MTN and Airtel Mobile Money automatic fee reconciliation, 100-year permanent student records, and instant parent SMS alerts.

What are the top school fees payment systems in Uganda?

The leading school fees payment systems in Uganda include School Manager Uganda (powered by PegPay), SchoolPay, and FlexiPay. School Manager Uganda stands out because it directly connects digital fee collections via MTN MoMo (*165*4*3#), Airtel Money (*185*4#), and 15+ commercial banks with an all-in-one school management suite, instantly updating bursar accounts and student ledgers with zero manual bank slips.

Does School Manager Uganda support the new Uganda Lower Secondary CBC Curriculum?

Yes, School Manager Uganda provides full native support for the new NCDC CBC (Competence-Based Curriculum) lower secondary grading system, including formative assessments, Activity of Integration (AoI) scoring, Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) tracking, and automated generation of UNEB-compliant termly report cards.

Can parents pay school fees using MTN and Airtel Mobile Money?

Yes. School Manager Uganda integrates with PegPay API, providing each student with a unique payment code. Parents can pay fees directly via MTN MoMo (*165*4*3#) and Airtel Money (*185*4#), or across 15+ commercial banks and 30,000+ Agent Banking points. The system automatically reconciles bank accounts, updates fee ledgers in real-time, and sends instant SMS receipts to parents.

Can School Manager Uganda work offline or with unstable internet in rural Uganda?

Yes, School Manager Uganda is an installable Progressive Web App (PWA) that allows teachers and administrators to enter marks, manage attendance, and perform daily tasks even with intermittent or offline connectivity. Data synchronizes automatically once the internet connection is restored.

How much does a school management system cost in Uganda?

School Manager Uganda offers affordable pricing starting from UGX 45,000 per term with flexible tiers suitable for Nursery, Primary, O-Level, and A-Level schools across Uganda.

The digital home for your school.

We give every school its own real portal — branded, on its own subdomain, and packed with the operations tools directors and bursars actually need. Built in Uganda, for Ugandan schools.

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Made in Uganda · for Ugandan schools

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Schools powered

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Uptime track record

Our story

We started building this for one school.It turned out every school needed it.

SchoolManagerUganda was built to solve a growing challenge faced by educational institutions: managing multiple schools efficiently while maintaining consistency, visibility, and control.

The platform provides a centralised ecosystem where school owners, administrators, teachers, parents, and students can interact seamlessly. Just as a nest provides a safe and organised home, SchoolManagerUganda serves as the digital home for modern schools.

Cloud-native

Encrypted by default

Works offline

Open roadmap

Convex Cloud

Auto-replicated & encrypted

All systems online

Mission & vision

What we're building towards.

Our mission

Empower every school with a centralised, secure, scalable home.

To empower schools with a centralised, secure, and scalable platform that simplifies administration, enhances communication, and improves educational outcomes.

Simplify daily administration
Improve parent communication
Strengthen financial transparency
Protect 100 years of records

Our vision

Africa's most trusted multi-school platform.

To become Africa's most trusted multi-school management platform, connecting institutions, educators, parents, and learners through technology.

Connect every school to one ecosystem
Equip teachers with AI that respects their time
Make the parent experience feel premium
Keep the portal running for 100 years

What stands behind your portal

Four things we don't compromise on.

These are the values the team holds each other to — and the promises we make to every school that trusts us.

Your School, Your Brand

Every parent and every staff member who logs in sees your school — your name, your logo, your colours. Not ours. The portal feels like it belongs to you, because it does.

How we live this

Built for Uganda

The grading, the currency, the curriculum — SchoolManagerUganda is wired for UNEB (PLE, UCE, UACE) and the new CBC framework, and for shilling-denominated fees from day one.

How we live this

Always Available

Admissions week, fee day, results day — your school can't pause. We keep SchoolManagerUganda online with offsite backups and a 99.9% uptime track record.

How we live this

Friendly, Not Corporate

No enterprise onboarding call required. School directors and bursars are hands-on with the system from day one. We pick up the phone when you call.

How we live this

How we got here

From one school to many.

2024

Started With One School

SchoolManagerUganda began as a custom system built for a single school in Kampala, replacing paper registers and hand-typed report cards.

2025

Schools Got Their Own Portals

We opened up self-service sign-up so any school could get its own branded portal — subdomain, logo, theme — in minutes.

2026

UNEB Engine & Growing

We launched native grading for PLE, UCE, and UACE, and dozens of schools across Uganda now run on SchoolManagerUganda.

Now

Building for the Next Decade

AI helpers for subject teachers, multi-school oversight for groups, and a roadmap shaped by what school owners actually ask for.

The people behind it

The team you'll be working with.

A small team with deep roots in Ugandan education. When you call, you reach a person — not a ticket queue.

Founder

David Kabonge

Building software for schools in Uganda for over a decade. Started SchoolManagerUganda after watching too many schools struggle with paper.

10+ years in edtechConvex & Next.jsKampala, UG

Head of School Success

Grace Oyo

Works directly with school directors and bursars to get them live on the portal and running smoothly from day one.

Former school bursarUNEB-trainedGulu, UG

Head of Engineering

James Tumusiime

Leads the team that keeps your portal online, your data safe, and your reports printing right when parents ask for them.

Cloud & reliabilityEx-MTNMbarara, UG

Meet the rest of the team

Where we operate

Built in Uganda. Built for schools.

Our headquarters is in Kampala, our team is across the country, and our schools are running from Gulu to Mbarara, Jinja to Kabale. Wherever your school is, the portal reaches it.

Headquarters

Kampala, Uganda

Coverage

Schools across all regions

Infrastructure

Convex Cloud · auto-replicated

Support

24/7 hotline & WhatsApp

Schools running on SchoolManagerUganda

Sample · growing

KAKampala Academy

GGGreenhill Group

SASt. Anne's Schools

SCSavannah Colleges

QoQueen of Peace

SKSt. Kizito Sec.

HCHighland Christian

NPNile Primary

Many more schools across Uganda run on the platform under their own subdomains — we don't list every partner publicly.

We started SchoolManagerUganda because we watched too many schools lose hours to paper, lose records to floods, and lose parents to missed SMS. The portal is our answer — and we keep building it with the schools who use it.

David Kabonge

Founder, SchoolManagerUganda

Ready when you are

Ready to put your school online?

Set up a free demo portal in a few minutes, or talk to our team about getting your school fully onboarded.

Set Up My School Talk to the team

We started building this for one school.It turned out every school needed it.

SchoolManagerUganda was built to solve a growing challenge faced by educational institutions: managing multiple schools efficiently while maintaining consistency, visibility, and control.

Cloud-native

Encrypted by default

Works offline

Open roadmap

Built in Uganda. Built for schools.

Our headquarters is in Kampala, our team is across the country, and our schools are running from Gulu to Mbarara, Jinja to Kabale. Wherever your school is, the portal reaches it.

Headquarters

Kampala, Uganda

Coverage

Schools across all regions

Infrastructure

Convex Cloud · auto-replicated

Support

24/7 hotline & WhatsApp