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Enrichment Programmes

Enrichment programmes enable students to realise their potential in a variety of settings beyond the classroom. They strive to develop students’ self-awareness, their awareness of school and community needs and opportunities, and to learn how to apply their gifts and skills to make an impact.

The enrichment programmes are clustered into three main streams, each with a different focus and experiential learning opportunity.

Expression

Creative expression, whether through visual or performing arts, engages students to think creatively and express their identities and thoughts aesthetically. Through theatre, art, music and drama, students learn to work together and infuse their projects with the values and lessons from other parts of their schooling. Individual and collaborative creative projects emphasise growth and development through personal challenge, ultimately resulting in achievable personal goals.

Action

The student as a reflective practitioner is a basic tenet of the action cluster. Through physical sport – both competitive and non-competitive – students are challenged in their physical growth, and learn values such as good sportsmanship, teamwork and ethical behaviour. They are encouraged to extend themselves by trying different activities and working with teammates to pass on their knowledge. In line with developing the student as a whole, a healthy lifestyle complements and enhances academic achievement.

Citizenship

The Academies align themselves with a student profile and curriculum that encourage knowledge and understanding of humanity and civil society.

Through their involvement in civic activities, students gain an understanding of the practical implications of their work and study.

By collaborating with community groups on sustainable projects, they gain an appreciation for human rights, human dignity, and of how their actions impact the world around them.

Participants of the AKA Outreach Programmes

Said Mwabeha: Sparking a Light in Students by Transforming School Leadership 

Said Mwabeha became a teacher in 1990. He was drawn to the profession because it provided an opportunity to positively impact a range of people. “Almost everyone on earth,” he explains, “be it a president, be it a doctor, be it an engineer—all of them pass through a teacher. So, to me, a teacher is a very important person.” 

Mwabeha aspires to spark a light in others through his teaching and says the Professional Development Centre at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa has enhanced his ability to do so. As the Head of Vuga Primary School in the coastal area of Kenya, Mwabeha attended a course focused on Leadership Management at the Academy. 

“It really transformed me,” Mwabeha says of the course, which dealt with how Heads of School could make better use of their resources to enhance academic performance. While he previously undertook initiatives to improve the school as a “one-man shop”, he now takes an integrated approach to solving problems that involves a range of teachers, parents and students. 

The Academy’s programme also spurred the creation of an association of teachers in Kwale County, where Vuga Primary is located, at the end of 2012. As Chair of Kwale Educational Leaders' Association, Mwabeha is leading teachers from 23 schools in formulating a strategic roster of activities to strengthen their academic performance. Their strategy is two-pronged. On the one hand, they plan to undertake workshops and other initiatives to improve pedagogy. On the other, they are organising awareness meetings and conferences for parents and teachers to discuss the importance of education. They hope to overcome the challenges and problems created by families that do not prioritise education. 

Meanwhile, inside the classroom, Mwabeha is working hard to spark intellectual curiosity in his pupils. After receiving training in pedagogy at the Academy, he has promoted the use of more participatory teaching methods, both in his own classroom—where he teaches Social Studies and Religion courses to students in grades 4, 6 and 8—and in those of his colleagues. “It gives [the students] an opportunity to explore more and to discover more by themselves,” he explains. He previously spent the majority of classroom time lecturing, as is common in Kenya, but finds that facilitating class discussions is more fruitful.  

By Alia Dharssi


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Meet the Faculty

Leadership Team

 
Head of Academy Dr Jonathan Long
Deputy Head of the Academy, Pastoral Care Jeffrey Anthony Doerfler
PA to Head of Academy Vaishali Purohit
Principal, Senior School Koel Ray
Principal, Junior School Sreelatha Kumar
Dean of Academics Neeraja Nibhanupudi
Dean of Students Suresh Madhavan
Head of Finance Mukul Vashishatha
Dean of Experiential Learning

Vlad Gogelescu

 

 

Admissions

 
Dean of Admissions Arjun Puri
Manager, Admissions Pramoditha Jamalpur
Admissions cum Events Officer Zareen Hashmi
   

Senior School Faculty

 
Principal, Senior School Koel Ray
PA to Senior School Principal Deepa Hitange
Assistant to Dean of Students-cum-Student Life Coordinator Nilesh Talaulicar
   
Coordinators/Counsellors/SEN/Fellows  
Academic Development Coordinator Joanne Gogelescu
Diploma Programme Coordinator Sudipta Roy
Associate Diploma Programme Coordinator Dr Sujana Veeramachaneni
Theory of Knowledge Coordinator Sudeep Ghosh
Creativity, Activity, Service Coordinator Venkat Reddy
Middle Years Programme (MYP) Coordinator Meenakshi Joshi
Head of Middle Years Rajesh Kayiprath
MYP Personal Project Coordinator Chandrabhan Yadav
TPP - Coordinator, Internship & Leadership Pratibha Thimmaraya
University Counsellor  Pragati Pandey 
Inclusive Education Coordinator (SEN) Namrata Bhushan
Extended Essay Coordinator Vlad Gogelescu
Creativity, Activity, Service Coordinator (CAS) Venkat Reddy
   
Science  
   
Biology & Environmental Systems and Societies Vinay Singh
Environmental Systems & Societies / Integrated Sciences Pratibha Thimmaraya
Chemistry Dr. SureshKumar Manthiriyappan
Chemistry Megha Saban
   
Physics Sudipta Kumar Roy
Physics Suhel Vakkal
Physics Sathish Gadarla
Senior Lab Technician Giribabu Kuna
Lab Technician Sudhakar Konapala
Lab Technician Smriti Mandal
   
English  
HOD, English Gopika Jadeja
English / ToK Sudeep Ghosh
English / ToK Chandreyee Das Gupta
English / MUN Coordinator Saloni Chesney
   
   
Mathematics  
HOD, Mathematics Tarun Seth
Dean of Studies, Mathematics & ToK Neeraja Nibhanupudi
   
Mathematics Teacher Coach Vani Vishwanath
Mathematics Subhashini Chandra
Mathematics and MYP Personal Project Coordinator Chandrabhan Yadav
Mathematics Santhosh Reddy
Mathematics Krishnendu Saha
Mathematics Usha Shivakumar
   
Expressive Arts  
HOD, Arts Nandakumar P. K.
Visual Arts Meenakshi Joshi
Visual Arts Visweswara Rao Brahmanapalli
Music Chin-Yen Huang
Theatre - Arts Dr Chandrasekhar Indla
Theatre - Arts Subesh Poddar
   
Languages  
HOD, Hindi / Senior Tutor Dr Karuna Arya
Hindi / CAS Coordinator Venkat Reddy
Hindi Dr Sunita Ghosh
Hindi Radhika Tiwari
Hindi Neetu Reddy
Hindi Dr Chandrakant Shinde
Hindi Sushmita Banerjee
Telugu Sai Krishna Ranga
   
HOD, Foreign Languages Manisha Deshbandhu
French Mopuru Raghu Rami Reddy
Dari / Persian Ahmed Ferozi
   
Humanities (I&S)  
HOD, Economics / ToK Gaura Joshi
Economics & MYP Coordinator Rajesh Kayiprath
Economics and Business Studies Rahul Menon R
MYP – I and S / History Ritu Seth
Global Politics / Extended Essay Coordinator Vlad Gogelescu
Geography Joanne Gogelescu
History/ToK Koel Ray
Individual & Societies  Aarushi Dutt
Individuals & Societies / History  Sarmishtha Adhya
Humanities  Afeera Maryam
Economics/Humanities

Suresh Madhavan

   
ITGS & Design  
Acting HOD Koel Ray
Design & Computer Science Mehabunnisa
ICT / ITGS Surya Prakash Vemparala
Design & Data Management Veni Veeramachaneni
   
Physical Education  
HOD, Physical Education Srungarapati Ravi Kumar
Physical Education  Ramesh Kumar Kaliraman
Swimming Assistant Seena Remadevi
   

Library

 
Head Librarian Madhu Bhargava
Librarian, Senior School  Shakeel Ahmed Khan
Librarian, Junior School Veena Bhat
   

Learning Enrichment Team

 
HOD Learning Enrichment / English as an Additional Language (EAL) / Special Educational Needs (SEN), Gifted & Talented (G&T) Susan Long

SEN

Namrata Bhushan
 

EAL/SEN

Morag Kallepu

EAL

Rema Vishwanath

EAL

Elizabeth Holden Eckel

EAL

Aarushi Dutt

Learning Enrichment

Faridah Lakhani

Academic Support 

Amanda Khongwir
   

Junior School Faculty

 
Principal, Junior School Sreelatha Kumar
PA to Junior School Principal Shabana Awadiya
Primary Years Programme (PYP) Coordinator Abhimanyu Das Gupta
   
Teachers  
Day Care Shwetha Emandi
Grade 1A Home Room Rhitesha Paul
Grade 1A Co-Teacher Neetu Chennuri
Grade 1K Home Room Madhulita Patnaik
Grade 1K Co-Teacher Simran Sinha
Grade 2A Home Room Mitu Sharma
Grade 2A Co-Teacher Laila Narsingani
Grade 2K Home Room Chetna Sharma
Grade 2K Co-Teacher Swati Kansal
Grade 3A Home Room Anjum Budhwani
Grade 3K Home Room Disha Kerkar
Grade 4A Home Room Lavanya Pavan Vadavalli
Grade 4K Home Room Vidhya Pallath
Grade 5A Home Room Sanjana Amarnani
Grade 5K  Home Room Sheila D'Souza
Hindi Sushmita Banerjee
Hindi Meena Uniyal
Telugu Kasthuri Varanasi
Telugu Deepika Aluvala
Visual Art Florence James
Music December Lynn
Physical Education Vajravani Polavarapu
   

Volunteer Programme at Care Hospital

Diploma Programme Presentation Evening

Launch of the Dual Language Programme

Diploma Programme Presentation Evening

The benefits of studying in a residential programme

Buddy Mentorship Programme

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