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Six merit-based scholarships of up to 50% off fees for outstanding students who can demonstrate superior academic ability.  This includes:

- B average for international curricula

- B+ for KCSE students

- 390+ for KCPE

Applicants must have also excelled outside of the classroom in one or more of the following areas:

•  Leadership in the service of others
•  Innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math
•  Environmental Responsibility
•  Performing Arts
•  Team Sports
  
  

Scholarships will be awarded to students from a diversity of socio­economic, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and other backgrounds across Kenya. Based on demonstrated merit and financial need, scholarship awards may cover up to 50% of school fees, including residential fees. View the fee schedule here.

Scholarships are open to new students applying for admission in August 2022. The deadline for application is 1st July 2022.

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The process:

Students should make an application through the normal admissions process (an application fee is payable) and indicate their interest in applying for the Aga Khan Academy Scholarship Programme.

*AKASP is open to new students only; those already enrolled at the Academy are not eligible.

1. Fill in the below form.
2. An initial assessment to determine suitability for the scholarship programme will take place.
3. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a personal interview with the Dean of Admissions. This interview will assess the ability of the student to contribute significantly to the Academy outside of the classroom. 
4. Final selection includes an interview with the Head of Academy and the Dean of Admissions. 

*The decision of the Academy in awarding these scholarships will be final.

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Eligibility:

•  To apply, students must be residents in Kenya. 
•  The scholarships are open to students who are able to demonstrate exceptional academic ability and the potential to benefit from a unique educational programme based on the International Baccalaureate and the Aga Khan Strands.
•  Scholarships are needs-based and will take into account aspects of the financial position of the family at the time of interviews.
•  Scholarship awards may not cover all costs, and some scholarships will require the candidate and their family to contribute part of the cost.

  To know more about this programme, please email mba-admissions@agakhanacademies.org 

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission to create a better world through education. IB programmes for students aged 3-19 help develop their intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalising world.

Following in the footsteps of its sister schools in Mombasa, Hyderabad and Maputo, the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka plans to become an IB World School, subject to the necessary authorisations.

IB World Schools share a common philosophy – a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high-quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision.

Aims of the IB programme

Founded in 1968, the International Baccalaureate currently works with schools in 144 countries to develop and offer their programmes to over one million students. 

The IB mission statement declares: 

"The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organisation works with schools, governments and international organisations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right."

For further information about the International Baccalaureate and its programmes, please visit the IB website.

The Aga Khan Academy Maputo is a Candidate School* for the Diploma Programme. The Academy is pursuing authorisation as an IB continuum school. These are schools that share a common philosophy — a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that the believes is important for our students.

What is the MYP?

The MYP is a challenging and exciting inquiry-based curriculum that actively engages students in their learning by encouraging them to make connections between what they study and the wider world.  The five-year programme offers students access to a curriculum that is broad and balanced, conceptual and connected.  What matters is not absorbing facts that can be repeated but developing ways of thinking that can be applied to new situations.

There are 8 subject groups within the MYP.  Here at the Aga Khan Academy in Maputo our students study Portuguese and English language and literature, Portuguese, English and, in MYP3, French language acquisition, humanities, sciences, mathematics, visual arts, design and physical and health education.

In addition to the academic subjects our MYP students also develop leadership skills, library research skills and initiate and participate in service with the community.

In the final year of the programme students complete a personal project that encourages them to strengthen their approaches to learning skills, consolidate prior and subject-specific learning and develop an area of personal interest. In the context of the Aga Khan mission, vision and values it also develops awareness of a community need and seeks to address it in a meaningful way. The personal project is challenging, motivational and interesting as each student develops a personal project independently.

MYP Learners

The MYP promotes open communication, based on mutual understanding and respect. It encourages students to become active, compassionate lifelong learners.  The programme is holistic and as such is concerned with developing the whole person.  Along with cognitive development, the programme addresses students’ social, emotional and physical well-being. Students are encouraged to become active and caring members of local, national and international communities who respect themselves, others and the world around them. They develop effective communication skills, social skills, self-management skills, research skills and thinking skills that will enable them to adapt to a range of contexts, as they make their way through life.

Assessment for learning

Teachers use a variety of assessment strategies to address the MYP subject-group objectives. The assessment for learning tasks include, among other things compositions, creating solutions or products in response to problems, essays, examinations, investigations, questionnaires, research tasks, performances, presentations, research task and reports.

In the fifth and final year of the MYP, to be eligible for the internationally recognized MYP certificate students must successfully complete eight eAssessments:

On-screen examinations in:

• Language and literature
• Individuals and societies (Humanities)
• Sciences
• Mathematics
• Interdisciplinary learning

ePortfolios (coursework) in:

• language acquisition
• physical and health education, arts or design
• the personal project

Students must also meet the school’s expectations for service and action. 

The MYP bilingual certificate additionally requires successful results from on-screen examinations of:

A second language and literature instead of a course in language acquisition

The maximum total score for the IB MYP certificate is 56, with a grade from 1-7 assigned to each required eAssessment.

Students must achieve a total of at least 28 points, with a grade of ‘3’ or higher n each eAssessment component, to be eligible to receive the MYP certificate.

Transition to the IB Diploma (DP)

MYP subject groups form an important common foundation for all students and provide strong alignment with the six subject groups in the DP which follows.  The two year DP course encourages depth and breadth of learning and builds on students’ prior learning experiences. This encourages them to become confident, independent learners. It also encourages students to develop their critical thinking skills, self-management and global mindedness. Further, research carried out on behalf of the IB demonstrates that successful DP graduates are much more likely to be enrolled at top higher education institutions than entrants holding other qualifications.

Please visit the Admission Requirements page or contact us to find out more about applying to the MYP programme at the Academy.

*Only schools authorised by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorisation will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org.