International Exchanges

At the Aga Khan Academies, we offer our students the opportunity to broaden their experience through exchanges with other Academies.

The Aga Khan Academy Maputo includes an international exchange programme as part of the Senior School curriculum. This provides our students with the opportunity to study for an extended period in another Academy in East Africa or South Asia. It also offers students with the opportunity to experience life in a range of different countries and cultures.

In the 2018–2019 academic year, the inaugural programme began for Grade 9 students at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa and the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad. It later extended to include the Aga Khan Academy Maputo.

Campus life

Students from Maputo who go on exchange to another Academy live in residential facilities in a safe, secure campus setting.

Campus life is an important part of the international exchange programme. Many of the least tangible but most important elements of an education – the development of practical leadership skills, the capacity to make ethical judgments, the ability to navigate through complex cultural settings – are formed outside the classroom. Mealtimes and other informal gatherings offer opportunities for discussion, meetings, and study groups. 

The exchange offers a structured programme of activities, both on and off-campus. This is designed to increase students’ understanding of their own and other cultural identities, to recognise different components of culture, to interact with the local community through service learning, and to reach a comparative understanding of the process of development in another country.

A number of students from Tajikistan are presently studying at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa.

Benefits of study abroad

The International Baccalaureate programme is implemented at all Aga Khan Academies. The common curriculum allows students to study abroad without facing uncertainties regarding compatibility of course study or examinations.

While English is the medium of instruction at all Academies, our students are required to study another language as well. Foreign language learning is greatly enhanced by immersion in that language through the exchange programme.

Students also learn to appreciate and respect other nationalities, cultures and intellectual traditions through direct contact with people in other countries. They broaden their worldview and learn to be at ease in multicultural settings.

For further information on the educational programme offered at the Aga Khan Academy Maputo, please visit the Academic Programme page.