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Articles of Interest

The articles listed below have been drawn from the Aga Khan Academies newsletter. They include feature stories and information on aspects of the Aga Khan Academies programme.

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Newsletter - February 2019

Student Exchange: From Vision to Reality

His Highness the Aga Khan’s vision for the Academies has always emphasised the importance of students being able to travel between campuses to gain new cultural and educational experiences. The inaugural 3-month student exchange, held late last year, was a significant step towards realising this vision, as students exchanged between the Academies in Mombasa and Hyderabad for the first time. Read on as Elizabeth MacFarlane, Student Mobility Coordinator at the Academies, shares how we took this programme from vision to reality and how it will be expanding in the future.

Newsletter - December 2018

Celebrating our Staff Achievements

Over the last few months several Academies staff have been recognised for their work through awards, honourable mentions and publications.

 

Newsletter – September 2018

Landmark success for AKA’s 2018 graduating classes

The 2018 graduating classes from the Aga Khan Academies in both Mombasa and Hyderabad performed very well on their International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma exams, outperforming their peers in similar IB school programmes globally.

Guest Article: Anne Wade

Manager of Concordia University's Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance Anne Wade shares the details behind the Learning Toolkit, a project developed in partnership with the Aga Khan Academies to improve teaching and learning. 

Newsletter – June 2018

Women in construction leadership at Aga Khan Academy Maputo

The most recent phase of construction at the Aga Khan Academy Maputo was completed in January 2018 with the opening of the Junior School campus. Fighting stereotypes, it is women who are in leadership roles and key to the construction project's success. There aren't many women in the construction industry in Mozambique in managerial roles, but the team thinks there should be: "As long as the person is qualified and driven, gender does not make a difference."

Capturing the power of young minds to the love of reading

Since the launch of the Aga Khan Academies’ and the Aga Khan Foundation’s Reading for Children initiative in the Kyrgyz Republic, children have made tremendous progress in their reading skills. The impact has been incredibly unique, and the effect on families has been demonstrated by the formation of home libraries and parents devoting more time to their children.

What are you reading?

Summer is around the corner, and that means summer reading is around the corner as well. We asked the Heads of each Aga Khan Academy what they are reading and why they love it.

Newsletter – April 2018

Fighting poverty through sustainable agriculture

Josephine Awino, a student at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, shares her reflections on an intensive training programme for permaculture. She was able to learn first-hand how sustainable agriculture can be used to fight poverty and that permaculture brings people together to practice agriculture that is beneficial to them. This filled Josephine with hope.

Spotlights on Teacher Preparation Programme Interns

Last year, the Aga Khan Academy, International Baccalaureate and University of British Columbia entered a partnership agreement to recognise the Academies’ Teacher Preparation Programme (TPP) in Mombasa, Kenya. The current six TPP interns share their personal stories.

Guest Editorial: Meredith Fenton

Meredith Fenton - the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Director of the International Baccalaureate Program - joins the Academies for a guest editorial. She shares her insights on the Teacher Preparation Programme and the positive potential of UBC's partnership with the Academies.

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