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KITE 2017 flies to new heights

Several thousand visitors and 5,000 government school children experienced kite flying at the Academy in Hyderabad during KITE 2017, the Telangana International Kite Festival.

TEDx youth event to be held at AKA Mombasa

TEDx Youth @ AKAMombasa

AKA Mombasa is hosting its first official TEDx event - one of the first of its kind in Mombasa. It promises to be an exciting and inspiring event with many "ideas worth spreading".

Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad hosts KITE 2017

KITE 2017

Telangana Tourism and Incredible India in association with the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad are hosting KITE 2017 – Telangana’s second international kite festival, from 12–17 January 2017.

Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Head of AKA Hyderabad, featured in Mentor magazine

Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Head of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, has been profiled through a cover story in Mentor magazine’s November 2016 issue. Mentor magazine is India’s most respected print magazine focused on school leadership, principals and educators.

Girls using science to change their communities in Kenya

Educating Girls in Science (EGIS) is one of the projects under the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa’s PDC outreach programme. It is supported by the Intel Foundation and Aga Khan Foundation USA and implemented by the Academy. EGIS endeavours to improve learning of science for all students, raise awareness of science as a life skill and increase the number of girls advancing in science studies.

Case Study: Improving Data Use with Aga Khan Academies

Evidence Based Education shares their experience of working with the Core teams and staff members at the Academies in both Hyderabad and in Mombasa. They conducted a training program to help the schools make better use of assessment data from the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring.

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The Canadian High Commissioner to Kenya Visits AKA Mombasa

On Friday, 4 November 2016, Her Excellency Sara Hradecky, the Canadian High Commissioner to Kenya, visited the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa where she met with students and staff.

University admissions officers favour the IB Diploma Programme over A Levels

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UK university admissions officers consider the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to be the best preparation for university, according to the 11th annual University Admissions Officers Report.

Partnership to provide equitable access to an international standard of education in Mozambique

His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and Rémy Rioux, Director-General of the French Development Agency (AFD), today presided over the signing of a loan agreement for US$25 million to finance the construction of the Aga Khan Academy Maputo.

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