UGX 100 Million Worth of Prizes to be Won with Stanbic NSC Season 11

Are you a secondary or vocational school patron teacher? Apply today and show us your innovation potential.

UGX 100 Million Worth of Prizes to be Won with Stanbic NSC Season 11

Are you a secondary or vocational school, teacher or NSC alumni? Apply today and show us your innovation potential.

Who Can Apply?

We are calling all secondary schools, vocational schools, teachers with bright and innovative ideas across these categories below to participate in the National Schools Championship (NSC) 2026 designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.

New Business Ideas

StudentSpark

Vocational and Secondary Schools in Uganda apply on behalf of their students with innovative projects & business ideas.

Patron teachers can apply by filling an expression of interest form on behalf of a student team from their school. New and original ideas are strongly encouraged, and ideas previously submitted in earlier NSC seasons may not be selected unless they demonstrate significant improvement and innovation.

Learn More & Apply

Who Can Apply?

New Business Ideas

StudentSpark

Vocational and Secondary Schools in Uganda apply on behalf of their students with innovative projects & business ideas.

Learn More & Apply

Benefits

Remote Innovation Challenge: After submitting an Expression of Interest, patron teachers will receive a structured Remote Innovation Challenge to complete together with their students. This guided challenge includes practical templates, instructional materials, to help schools improve their business ideas before the bootcamp.

Teacher Upskilling: All selected schools will be invited to participate in a 5 day bootcamp training. Teachers will get innovation and entrepreneurship skills to implement at their school.

Practical Entrepreneurship Education: We will provide you with toolkits to foster innovation and entrepreneurship at your school!

Awards: The best schools, teachers and alumni will win awards of a pool worth 100M UGX. And a trip to South Africa.

What is Innovation?

At the National Schools Championship (NSC), we’re passionate about ideas that change the game. But what exactly does innovation mean?

Innovation is about identifying a problem or a need in your community or the market and then coming up with a creative solution that’s different from what already exists. It’s not just about inventing something entirely new, but also about improving on existing ideas to make them more effective, efficient, or accessible.

Case Studies

Discover the real impact of the Stanbic National Schools Championship through inspiring success stories of how students and schools have transformed innovative ideas into tangible businesses and social enterprises.

Season 9 Highlights, 2024

2024 Bootcamp Finalists

2023 NSC Winner

General Enquiries

0774 171 856

Inquiries on Application Procedure

apply@stanbicnsc.ug

Having questions? Send us an email.

About the Program

The National Schools Championship is part of Stanbic Bank’s Corporate Social Investment Programs and is aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship among young people in secondary and vocational schools in Uganda through comprehensive mentorship and training programs.

How to Participate