Category: entrepreneurship

Senior 2 Entrepreneurship topics span 72 periods across five topics, from Legal Forms of Business Ownership through Production in Business and Marketing to Money and Financial Institutions and Taxation. The year runs across three terms under two themes. Every sub-topic, period count and learning outcome below comes from the NCDC Entrepreneurship syllabus.

• 72 periods total — 28 in Term 1, 18 in Term 2 and 26 in Term 3.
• Five topics — from Legal Forms of Business Ownership to Taxation.
• Two themes — Business Management (Terms 1 and 2) and Business Support (Term 3).
• Topic 9 is the longest — Money and Financial Institutions takes 20 periods.
• Topic 10 is the shortest — Taxation takes 6 periods.
• Outcome codes (k), (u), (s), (v) and (gs) tag every learning outcome.

What is Senior Two Entrepreneurship?

Senior Two Entrepreneurship is the second-year lower secondary Entrepreneurship subject in Uganda’s O-level. It builds on Senior 1 by teaching learners how businesses are owned and formalised, how goods are produced, how products are marketed, and how money and financial institutions support trade before taxation closes the year. read more

Senior 1 Entrepreneurship topics cover five units across 72 periods: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Education, Businesses in Uganda, Business Ideas and Opportunities, Business Start-up Process, and Introduction to Government Revenue. The year opens by building entrepreneurial awareness, then moves to scanning the environment and finally to the start-up process. This guide lists every sub-topic, its exact period count and its learning outcomes.

• 72 periods total — 24 in Term 1 and 24 in each of Terms 2 and 3.
• Five topics — from Introduction to Entrepreneurship Education to Introduction to Government Revenue.
• Two periods a week — compulsory in Senior 1 and Senior 2.
• Three themes — Creating an Entrepreneurial Awareness, Scanning the Environment, and the Start-up Process.
• 13 numbered sub-topics — each with its own period allocation.
• Outcome codes — (k), (u), (s), (v) and (gs) tag every learning outcome.

What is Senior 1 Entrepreneurship?

Senior 1 Entrepreneurship topics make up the first-year lower secondary Entrepreneurship course in Uganda’s O-level. They introduce learners to entrepreneurial thinking before they scan the business environment and learn the start-up process. The subject is compulsory in Senior 1 and Senior 2 and is taught for two periods a week. read more

The Senior 3 Entrepreneurship syllabus covers two topics across 144 periods: Business Planning in Term 1, and Introduction to Principles of Accounting across Terms 2 and 3. Tax Administration closes the year as a 14-period unit. The breakdown below covers every sub-topic, its period allocation and its learning outcomes.

• 144 periods total — 48 in Term 1 and 96 across Terms 2 and 3.
• Two topics — Business Planning, then Introduction to Principles of Accounting.
• Four periods a week in Senior 3 and Senior 4.
• Elective in S3–S4, compulsory in S1–S2.
• Outcome codes (k), (u), (s), (v) and (gs) tag every learning outcome.

What is Senior Three Entrepreneurship?

Senior Three Entrepreneurship is the lower secondary Entrepreneurship subject taken in the third year of Uganda’s O-level. It builds on the S1 and S2 topics by teaching learners to plan a business and then to record and report its finances through basic accounting. read more

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