Terms & conditions.

Version · 2026 cycle

1. 1.About these terms

   1.1These terms govern entry to, judging of, and recognition in the Praecip Excellence in Education Awards (“the Awards”), administered by Praecip (“we”, “us”). By nominating, entering or accepting recognition, a school or individual agrees to them.

   1.2The Awards run in annual cycles. These terms apply to the 2026 cycle and are reviewed each cycle; the version published on this page is the one that governs.

2. 2.Eligibility

   2.1The Awards are open to any school registered to operate in Uganda, across every curriculum and every level.

   2.2The people categories, Headteacher, Teacher and Lifetime Achievement, are open to individuals working at, or retired from, eligible schools.

   2.3Praecip staff, panel members, and any school in which a panel member has a declared interest, are excluded from the categories where that conflict arises.

3. 3.Entry & nominations

   3.1Entry and consideration are free. There is no fee to nominate, enter, be shortlisted or win, and no purchase, subscription or advertising relationship with Praecip confers any advantage.

   3.2Anyone may nominate a school, heads, teachers, parents, alumni or our own editors. A school does not have to nominate itself to be considered.

   3.3We may verify any claim made in an entry, and may ask an entrant for supporting evidence. We may set aside an entry that cannot be substantiated.

4. 4.Judging

   4.1Entrants are scored against the published rubric (see the Methodology page) on evidence we can verify, and are then reviewed by an independent panel of educators.

   4.2Judging is blind to any commercial relationship between a school and Praecip. The panel’s decision is final. We do not enter into score-by-score disputes, though we will always correct a verifiable error in the underlying data.

   4.3We may decline to make an award in any category where, in the panel’s judgement, no entrant meets the standard.

5. 5.Data & verification

   5.1Scoring draws on Praecip’s results database, verified school profiles, published fee schedules and verified reviews. A school may review and correct its own data during the entry window.

   5.2Each recognition is published with a verification page stating the school, category, tier, cycle and date of issue, the source of truth behind any seal.

6. 6.The Seal of Excellence, licence & conditions

   6.1A recognised school is granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to display the seal and the exact title it was awarded, for the cycle in which it was awarded, solely to represent that recognition truthfully.

   6.2The seal must be shown with its cycle year intact, linked to its verification page wherever it appears digitally, and reproduced from the supplied artwork at its issued proportions. It must not be altered in colour, proportion or wording.

   6.3A school must not present a prior cycle’s seal as the current year’s, imply an award it did not receive, or continue to use a seal after recognition has been withdrawn.

   6.4The licence ends automatically when recognition is withdrawn or the cycle’s display period lapses, and may be ended by us on misuse. We may require a school to stop displaying the seal if these conditions are breached.

7. 7.Recognition is positive-only

   7.1The Awards publish recognition, not criticism. A school may ask to be omitted from a shortlist before it is published, and may decline an award after it is offered.

8. 8.Intellectual property

   8.1The Awards name, the seal artwork, the rubric and all programme materials remain the property of Praecip. Schools retain their own names and marks.

   8.2Entering grants Praecip permission to name and feature a recognised school or individual in programme materials, the published honour roll and related press.

9. 9.Privacy

   9.1Personal details submitted with a nomination or entry are used to administer the Awards and to contact entrants, in line with the Praecip privacy policy. We do not sell entrant data.

10. 10.Changes to these terms

    10.1We may revise these terms between cycles, and may correct errors at any time. Where a change during an open cycle materially affects entrants, we will notify those who have entered.

11. 11.Governing law

    11.1These terms, and any matter arising from the Awards, are governed by the laws of Uganda.