About Makerere College School (MACOS)
Makerere College School is a co-educational government aided O and A- level school founded in 1945 by Makerere University (then still a College of London University).
Location
It is located on Makerere University Campus, Kampala, adjacent to the College of Education and External Studies on Makerere Hill Road.
Establishment
The school started as a demonstration school where innovations in holistic quality teaching could be tried out and the best practices made accessible to other schools and teachers in the country. It started with an enrolment of 32 students; at the moment, its enrolment stands at 2393 with 1239 boys and 1159 girls. The school is renowned for its student leadership program.
Notable alumni
- Mugisha Muntu - Politician and former military officer. Former commander of the Uganda People's Defence Force (1989–1998). Former President of the Forum for Democratic Change political party in Uganda. Member of the East African Legislative Assembly (2006 to 2011). Current President of the Alliance for National Transformation, a Ugandan political party.
- Syda Bbumba - Former minister of gender, labor & social development in Uganda. First woman to serve as minister of finance in the history of Uganda (2009–2011).
- Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile - Economist and banker. Governor of the Bank of Uganda (2001–2022).
- Bebe Cool - A Ugandan recording artist.
- Crystal Newman, Ugandan radio and television personality
- Israel Kibirige Ssebunya (1946–2008) - Cytogeneticist, academic, and politician. Served as director of Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute (1992–1996), represented Kyaddondo County North in the Ugandan parliament (1996–2008), and state Minister for Agriculture (1999–2008).
- Stephen Isabalija - Management consultant, accountant, academic, and academic administrator. Vice chancellor of Victoria University Uganda, chairman of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited, and board member of the Uganda Development Bank.
- John Chrysestom Muyingo - Ugandan educator and politician. State minister for primary education in the Ugandan cabinet. Served as state minister for higher education from 27 May 2011 until 1 March 2015.
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