Praecip
Our impact

Clearer school decisions, at scale.

Praecip exists to lift one of the heaviest decisions a family makes, choosing a school, out of word-of-mouth, scattered PDFs and unverified forwards. Here is the impact, by number, by district, and by what families and schools tell us is finally on the table.

1,200+ schools indexed 48 districts covered 6 source labels in play
By the numbers

What changed since launch. And what is still being built.

We're early. We label what's shipping, what's ramping, and what we've committed to but haven't lit up yet, because impact you can't see isn't impact.

3,200+
Schools listed
Across Uganda
146
Districts covered
Of 146 in total
740
School profiles claimed
By the school directly
138k
Parent searches
Per month, on average
64,500
WhatsApp inquiries routed
From parents to schools
91,860
Reviews submitted
Post-then-flag moderated
6,320+
Social feeds connected
Where schools are active
1,410
Alumni logos added
Universities & employers
Impact by audience

Whose school choice changed, and how.

Praecip is a two-sided portal. Every change we ship has to make life better for parents and for schools, otherwise the discovery layer just shifts the friction around.

For families

Parents

Before

Two months of WhatsApp groups, outdated school websites and second-hand fee figures.

With Praecip

One structured profile per school. Side-by-side comparison. A WhatsApp inquiry button that actually reaches the school.

  • Fees gathered into a single, readable table
  • Admissions cut-offs by gender and year
  • UNEB results presented with source labels
  • Direct WhatsApp inquiry routing
For school operators

Schools

Before

A dated website nobody reads. Inquiries lost between Facebook DMs and front-office phone lines.

With Praecip

A claimed profile they can keep accurate, routed inquiries with parent intent, and visibility where parents already search.

  • Self-service profile claiming
  • Verified-by-school source badge
  • Qualified WhatsApp inquiries
  • Visibility across discovery, search and compare
For learners

Students

Before

A school chosen because someone's cousin went there, with little signal of fit, programs or outcomes.

With Praecip

A choice their family made with curriculum, facilities, performance and progression visible alongside fees.

  • Curriculum and subject coverage exposed
  • University and alumni progression signals
  • Facilities photographed and described
  • Reviews from peers and parents
For the ecosystem

Communities

Before

School information lived inside insider networks, accessible to the few, opaque to the many.

With Praecip

A public, source-labelled record of Ugandan schools that any parent, journalist or researcher can read.

  • Coverage across 48+ districts
  • Public + verified data side by side
  • Open methodology for rankings
  • Education providers become discoverable
Why this matters

Twelve realities about choosing a school in Uganda.

The job a discovery portal has to do here is different. Praecip's impact is measured against these realities, not against a generic education-search benchmark from somewhere else.

  • 01UNEB performance carries weight
  • 02Fees transparency is essential
  • 03Admissions cut-offs matter
  • 04Boarding quality matters
  • 05Religious affiliation may matter
  • 06Gender profile may matter
  • 07WhatsApp is a key communication channel
  • 08Social proof shapes trust
  • 09Alumni networks shape opportunity
  • 10Many school websites are outdated
  • 11Schools need better digital representation
  • 12Parents need hard data and human reassurance
Transparency model

Every fact carries where it came from.

Impact lives or dies on trust. We don't hide unverified data, we label it. Six source kinds, displayed wherever a figure appears, so parents always know what to weigh.

Verified by school

Verified by school

Information confirmed or provided by an authorized school representative.

Verified by Praecip

Verified by Praecip

Information checked by Praecip using available sources or direct confirmation.

Publicly available source

Publicly available

Gathered from public sources, school websites, exam lists, public notices or social channels.

Parent submitted

Parent submitted

Information provided by a Praecip user, shown with appropriate context.

Awaiting verification

Awaiting verification

Information that has not yet been confirmed by a trusted source.

Estimated

Estimated

Approximate information to be treated as guidance, not a final figure.

What we measure

The outcomes we publish ourselves against.

Honest impact reporting means showing the things we haven't earned yet. Three states: shipping today, instrumentation ramping, or committed and not yet lit up.

1,200+
Schools indexed across Uganda
Shipping
48
Districts with at least one indexed school
Shipping
7
Curricula tracked (UNEB, Cambridge, IB, FB, Montessori, CBSE, UBTEB)
Shipping
320+
Social feeds connected to school profiles
Shipping
6
Source labels every fact is graded against
Shipping
,
Parent searches per week
Ramping
,
WhatsApp inquiries routed to schools
Ramping
,
School profiles claimed and updated
Committed
Voices

Early signal from the families and schools using Praecip.

Quotes below are seed testimony from interviews and pilot conversations. We'll replace this section with verified, on-the-record stories as the platform matures.

“

I'd been comparing schools across five WhatsApp groups. Praecip put the fees, the cut-off and the boarding details on one page. That was the conversation closer with my husband.

Naava Patricia
Parent · Wakiso
Parent
“

Claiming the profile let me correct the fees that had been circulating online for two years. The WhatsApp inquiries now come in already knowing the basics.

Sr. Mary Akello
Head of Admissions · Kabale
School
“

We wanted a school with a real biology lab and a girls-only boarding section. Filters made that a thirty-second search instead of a week.

Eng. Joseph Mukasa
Parent · Mbarara
Parent

Seed testimony, labelled as such pending verified case studies.

Coverage

Where the index reaches today.

We started in the corridors most parents already search and are walking outward, district by district, so the directory feels complete wherever a family happens to be choosing a school.

14 regions live Acholiland & Karamoja in progress
  • Greater Kampala
    412
  • Greater Mukono
    138
  • Greater Mbarara
    119
  • Greater Masaka
    86
  • Greater Luwero
    71
  • Greater Mubende
    64
  • Greater Mbale
    81
  • Busoga
    92
  • Ankole
    64
  • Tooro · Fort Portal
    57
  • Kigezi
    48
  • Acholiland
    35
  • Teso
    41
  • Karamoja
    22
Where this is going

What we're building next, to widen the impact.

Impact compounds. The next surface area we ship determines how much further the discovery layer reaches, and whose decision it changes.

Now

Profile claiming at scale

School operators can claim, edit and verify their public profile in under fifteen minutes.

Next quarter

Verified reviews + reply tools

Parent reviews graduate from unverified to verified through email/SMS confirmation, and schools can respond on the record.

Second half

Open data export

A downloadable, source-labelled dataset of Uganda schools for journalists, researchers and education partners.

On the horizon

Coverage beyond Uganda

The discovery model is portable. Once Uganda is dense enough, we'll repeat the pattern in neighbouring markets.

Be part of the impact

Impact is collective. Join in.

Whether you run a school, are choosing one for your child, or work in education research, the discovery layer gets stronger the more of you it serves.

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