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His Highness the Aga Khan receives the UN Champion for Global Change Award

His Highness the Aga Khan spoke on pluralism and accepted the Champion for Global Change Award at the 2017 United Nations Global Leadership Dinner on 18 October 2017.

2017 Global Pluralism Award Winners Announced

Global Pluralism Award winners

The Global Centre for Pluralism, which was founded by His Highness the Aga Khan in partnership with the Government of Canada, has announced the three winners of the inaugural Global Pluralism Award.

AKA Mombasa Student Builds Social Entrepreneurship Initiative

DP 1 student, Alqaim Lalani, partnered with a local hospital to initiate a social entrepreneurship project that helps young cancer patients pay for chemotherapy fees.

Academy contributes to digital inclusion project

Academy contributes to digital inclusion project

The Academy in Hyderabad signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the District of Mahbubnagar and the Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion (CDFI) to institute a new digital inclusion pilot – Benefit Entitlement Tracking Solution (BETS) – in 45 anganwadi centres in Mahbubnagar District.

Grade 12 students offer insight into service internships

Grade 12 students from the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad shared their summer internship experiences with their IB Diploma colleagues and Senior School faculty.

The Teacher Preparation Programme – Cultivating IB Leader-Educators

When Timoteo Ombati, an outstanding graduate from Kenyatta University in Kenya, was inducted in the Aga Khan Academy’s Teacher Preparation Programme (TPP) in Mombasa in 2016, he was elated. “I couldn't hide my joy,” he says exuberantly, “I celebrated with the whole village!” The TPP, a multi-phase programme, was designed by the Aga Khan Academies to train outstanding graduates from public universities to teach one or more of the International Baccalaureate programmes to become transformative educators in their communities.

Concordia University awarded UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize

Concordia University’s Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance was recognised for creating and implementing the Learning Toolkit – a series of multimedia learning tools implemented in partnership with the Aga Khan Academes.

Aga Khan Academy Knowledge Exchange Initiatives

Select teachers from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa and Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad partook in a two-part exchange, as part of an ongoing network knowledge and resource sharing initiative.

UNESCO honours Aga Khan Academies partner Concordia University with King Sejong Literacy Prize

Concordia University’s Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance was recognised for creating and implementing the Learning Toolkit – a series of multimedia learning tools implemented in partnership with the Aga Khan Academes.

Student ambassadors represent AKA Hyderabad at IIMUN USA

Freni Jivani and Shaili Nandigam share their recent experiences from the India International Model United Nations held in early August 2017 at the UN headquarters in New York City.

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