Tanzanian Girl Shines in Mombasa Table Tennis Tourney
Tanzanian paper, Sunday News, talks to rising table tennis star and Year 8 Academy student, Sara Alidina.
Photography Workshop at AKA, Hyderabad
Award-winning photographer Fredric Roberts led a week-long workshop at AKA, Hyderabad for 20 students selected from the Academy and a local Aga Khan Foundation education programme. The students, and some of their teachers, learned professional techniques which they used to take pictures at the Academy and at nearby AKDN projects. See some of their pictures here.
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Mombasa teachers on exchange programme in Hyderabad
We welcome three colleagues from our sister Academy in Kenya! We hope Bernard Dudi Akech Ongati, Kepha Obiri Mogere, and Enitta Adhiambo Olang have as wonderful a time here as our own three faculty had in Mombasa over the break.
Academy graduates awarded Ontario government scholarships
Launch of two Academies social media campaigns
Academies partner project awarded UNESCO literacy prize
The Junior and Senior Schools
The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad is made up of two schools, the Junior School and the Senior School, which together cater to students from grade 1 (age 6) to university entrance.
Junior School
All Junior School students follow the International Bacaalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP). Through the PYP, our students learn to be confident, independent and creative learners.
The Junior School building has been designed to address the needs of younger children, with age-appropriate facilities and classrooms. In addition to the PYP classrooms, the building contains the Junior School library, and music, art and information technology rooms. There are also large playing fields and a playground.
Senior School
Students in the Senior School pursue either the IB Middle Years Programme or the IB Diploma Programme. Those from the local area can choose to attend as day students, while those from other parts of the country or region live on campus as part of the residential programme.
The Middle Years Programme is for students in grades 6–10. It helps them master essential skills and knowledge, and teaches them to be critical and analytical thinkers. The Diploma Programme is offered to students in the final two years of school. It is an internationally recognised and demanding programme that prepares students for university entrance.
The school caters to both the intellectual and personal growth of students. It has a wide range of facilities that include:
- laboratories for the sciences and information technology
- art and music rooms
- library and resource centre
- career counselling centre
- student and teacher lounges
- cafeteria and dining area.
The building is networked so that computers become common resources for teachers and students. The multipurpose hall can be used for a variety of events ranging from theatre productions to parent–teacher meetings. The school also has swimming facilities as well as playing fields for soccer, field hockey and athletics.
For further information about applying to any of the programmes offered at the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, please refer to the admission requirements.
Our Campus
Our Campus
The site was kindly donated by the Mozambican government to house the third in a network of about 18 planned Academies, which offer the highest international standard of education to students in countries across Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East.
The Academy’s campus is being purpose-built to provide world-class facilities for students and staff. The Junior School, Early Years Centre, Senior School, Science Building and two residential buildings are now complete, and the construction of the Academy and Commons buildings is well underway.
The campus provides an ideal learning environment that includes:
• Classrooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology to enhance collaboration, creativity, and inquiry learning
• Well-equipped libraries
• Extensive sports facilities
• Spaces for arts, music and performance
Residential Facilities
Our school culture is based on respect, integrity, honesty, fairness, empathy and good humour; and these values permeate the ethos of residential life.
The residential environment is warm and supportive, and this is reflected in the peaceful and inviting architecture of the residences. Boys and girls live in separate student residences, and all students are closely supervised by faculty and staff.
The adjustment to living away from home for the first time can be difficult for students. Our dorm parents are a carefully chosen group of teachers who live in faculty apartments in the residences. They ensure a safe, nurturing and fun-filled environment for students.
Dorm parents are trained in critical skills such as health and safety, community life and interpersonal relations. They possess a high level of energy to handle multiple tasks while offering guidance and support to the students.
We provide accommodation for members of the Academy community from both within the country and overseas, as well as those visiting or on exchange from another Aga Khan Academy.
Additional teachers' quarters on campus house resident faculty along with their families.
Community Service
Community service is a major part of the student experience at the Academy. Both the curriculum and student life incorporate aspects of community service.
Service opportunities extend the educational experience beyond the classroom and help our students learn about the real-world implications of their studies.
Through community projects with local organisations and groups, our students gain a sense of the connections between their education and the world around them. Students can participate in a variety of structured community initiatives and internships to learn about their place in the world.
By partnering with local agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network, students learn first-hand about the operations of an organisation, and work toward making tangible contributions to the agencies.
In addition, community engagement gives our students an understanding of broad concepts such as human rights, dignity and autonomy, while emphasising the ethos of leaving the world a better place.
To learn more about the Academy's programme, please visit the Academic Programme page.
