Telegram: “EDUCATION” Ministry of Education and Sports

Telephone: 256-41-234451 - 3 Embassy House

E-mail: permasec@education.go.ug P.O. Box 7063
Fax: 256-41-234920 Kampala, Uganda
In any correspondence on
this subject please quote: ADM/85157/01

2nd November 2023

All Heads TVET O&M Institutions

General public

ADMISSION CRITERIA TO TVET INSTITUTIONS

The purpose of the Admission Criteria is to enable implementation of the TVET
Policy, 2019 reforms that emphasize the accessibility and flexibility of
admissions to TVET Institutions. The requirements for admission to each
category of institution (as shown in the table below) is open to any interested
person(s) to acquire skills for employability.
Category Category Category of Institution Requirements
Level
SDC Technical schools • Any interested Ugandan
Community Polytechnics • P.7 certificate holders regardless of the
Vocational training scores
centers • Recognition/Assessment of prior
relevant skills
Vocational • Recognition of Literacy/Arithmetic/ICT
Education and or any Basic Vocational skill
and • Valid Identification Card/ Letter from
Training Local Council
(VET)
VTIs Technical Institutes • Interested S.4 certificate holders
• Certificate holders of UJTC
Farm/Agriculture
• Uganda Community Polytechnic
institutes
Certificate (UCPC)
Vocational institutes
• Recognition of prior relevant
skills/Training equivalent/ or above to
UJTC/UCPC or UCE holder
• Graduates of any general courses in need
of skills
• Valid Identification Card

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Category Category Category of Institution Requirements
Level
Technical Engineering, Agriculture, • Interested applicants with appropriate
Education Tourism, Technology, subjects at UACE/Competences
and Lands and surveys, • National Certificate in the related field or
Training Fisheries, Forestry, its equivalents
(TET) Biological and Physical • Craft 11 Certificate
sciences, and all other • Degree Holders of STEM courses in need
TVET related colleges of practical skills
Colleges • Recognition of prior relevant skills
• knowledge and attitude equivalent to
National certificate holders or UACE
• Valid Identification Card
Commercial, • Interested UCE and UACE holders
Social development • Relevant Certificate Holders from
and Cooperatives recognized Institution
colleges • Any Interested Ugandan with Prior
Relevant knowledge and Skills/
Competence.
• A valid Identification Card
National National Polytechnics • Holders of national diplomas from TVET
Polytechnic institutions
• A valid Identification Card