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Welcome to your new Acquia Drupal website!
If you are new to Drupal, follow these steps to set up your web site in minutes:
Step 1. Start at the beginning
Visit the administration section for a task-based or module-based overview of the options available to configure your website.
Step 2. Connect to the Acquia Network
At any time you can activate an Acquia Network subscription to gain access to Acquia's timely, professional support, automated services such as Mollom spam blocking, Acquia Library and documentation. Acquia offers subscription levels for every size web site - from individual blogs to enterprise-scale, multi-site deployments. Once you have your Acquia Network subscription keys, enter them on the settings page. Get started with a free trial today.
Step 3. Activate functionality
Turn on added functionality for your site - blogs, forums, polls, tags, comments, and more. Acquia Drupal comes with important modules to power social publishing capabilities on your site.
Hundreds of additional Drupal 7.x compatible modules are available on Drupal.org in the Drupal modules download section, which you can install through your modules page.
Step 4. Start publishing content
Start creating content for your site. Depending on which modules you have activated, you may see blogs, forums, polls and more as available content types.
Some optional configuration tasks are shown below. For more information, please refer to the built-in help section, or the online Drupal handbooks.
Choose a different design
Start by changing the colors of the default theme. To change the fundamental "look and feel" of your website, visit the appearance section and choose a theme from one of the many themes available out-of-the-box.
Many additional Drupal 7.x compatible themes are available on Drupal.org in the Drupal themes download section, which you can install through your themes page.
Configure the front page
The default front page is a listing of all content marked as Promoted to front page
. You can manage your content from the content administration page. You can also designate, for example, an item of content you have created as the front page. See the site information settings page to configure the default front page path. You can also edit you site name and add a slogan to make the site your own.
Academic Programme
The academic programme of the Aga Khan Academies is both comprehensive and rigorous. It encompasses formal academics as well as global themes (curriculum strands) that are designed to give students the skills to lead in their fields globally and locally.
The Academies' academic programme is organised according to the framework and principles of the globally renowned International Baccalaureate.
The academic curriculum is designed to ensure that students' theoretical learning is linked to relevant local and international issues through the focus on the Aga Khan Curricular Strands. Through this process, students are able to develop their understanding of the world alongside analytical skills, an ability to learn independently and the desire to make a difference.
The Academies are in the process of putting in place their dual language programme where English and a national language will both be languages of instruction in the Junior School. The aim is for students throughout the school to be at least bilingual.
Additionally, the programme is designed to equip students with the appropriate technical skills, so they have the opportunity to explore how technology is shaping communities.
Through an active, student-centred approach focused on mastery, the academic programme – along with co-curricular programmes – gives students the skills and ability to pursue a competitive, high-quality, post-secondary education. They are able to become thoughtful, curious, ethical and community-oriented leaders who are prepared to take on the challenges of a complex and interdependent world.
International Baccalaureate
The academic programme at the Aga Khan Academies was developed following the principles of the International Baccalaureate (IB), a world-class educational programme that emphasises rigorous, consistent schooling aligned to international standards. As a result, the Academies' Learner Profile exemplifies students and faculty that are open-minded, principled, reflective and inquiring individuals.
The International Baccalaureate programme provides international standards of evaluation, allowing students to pursue post-secondary education at world-class institutions of their choosing, with the skills for independent, creative thought and inquiry. It has become the curriculum of choice at international schools throughout the world.
The IB has come to be known not only for academic excellence but also for promoting pluralism – an understanding and appreciation of other cultures, languages and points of view.
The IB originated in Switzerland when teachers at the International School of Geneva, working with schools in Asia, Europe and the Americas, created the IB Diploma. The programme is administered by the International Baccalaureate, a non-profit institution based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Through its Primary Years (nursery school to year 5), Middle Years (years 6–10), and Diploma (years 11–12) Programmes, the focus is on creating a globally relevant education, with the integration of local contexts. Additionally, students at each Aga Khan Academy are instructed in both English and the national language, so they are able to work within their communities as well as around the world.
For more information on the International Baccalaureate, please visit the IB website.
