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State-of-the-art facilities

The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa features numerous indoor and outdoor facilities, including its expansive amphitheatre where school assemblies and events take place.

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Diverse community

The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad's students and staff consist of individuals from various unique geographic locations and backgrounds.

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A home away from home

The Aga Khan Academy Maputo’s residential programme offers students spacious rooms they share, separate workspace areas and storage spaces.

Meet Our Community

Our students and their families, staff, alumni, partners, supporters and friends all form a diverse Academies network. We work together across continents and keep in touch over the years, united by the drive to contribute to the world. Meet some of our community below.

"I joined the Aga Khan Academies because the vision of His Highness The Aga Khan was absolutely compelling. I wanted to contribute to giving students of high potential the opportunities for high-quality international education irrespective of the students’ and families’ backgrounds and their ability to pay."

Graham Ranger, Director of Academies, 2021

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Spotlights in Staff

Aga Khan Academy students making a difference

Two IB Diploma students are aiming to create awareness on pressing environmental issues through research and the creation of articles in order to obtain support from people and acquire feasible solutions to help eradicate these problems.

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Creating leaders for civil society

Sitting in a luxurious common room facing the sea and chatting with his friends belonging to various nationalities and ethnic backgrounds is a hard-earned privilege for Salim, a poor boy who earlier worked in a cycle shop in a small Kenyan village to support his education.

Unit of Inquiry Celebration

All the classes at the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad recently completed their first

Students: Making the Most Of Their Time at AKA Dhaka

Laura Brandão: Involved in the Aga Khan Academy Maputo’s growth since the very beginning

From the construction of the Aga Khan Academy Maputo’s very first buildings

Minister of Education and Human Development for Mozambique visits AKA Maputo

On 28 April 2021, the Minister of Education and Human Development for Mozambique Rita Carmelita Namashulua visited the Aga Khan Academy Maputo.

News from the Network: BBC Africa profiles Aga Khan Academy Mombasa Student Ziyaan Virji

AKA Mombasa student Ziyaan Virji is working to help tackle the issue of inadequate access to menstrual health resources around the world, and recently received The Diana Award for his efforts. BBC Africa recently profiled Ziyaan at the Academy in Mombasa.

“I love the Aga Khan Academy Maputo because of the teachers. Our teachers are very caring and supportive. Unlike my previous school, teachers at the Academy do not only help us in our lessons but they also play with us which makes our learning more enjoyable.”

Annaluz Machado, Grade 4 student, Aga Khan Academy Maputo

Staff: Instilling the AKA Dhaka Ethos

Sujana Veeramachaneni: Teacher, Assistant Coordinator, Dorm Parent, Mentor

At AKA Hyderabad, Sujana Veeramachaneni holds more than her official titles of biology teacher and Assistant Coordinator for the Diploma Programme, science teacher for the Middle Years Programme, and dorm parent. Sujana also ensures her students see her as a friend, mentor and pillar of support: “They should always feel that I’m there for them, no matter the situation, or condition or time of day. You have to tailor yourself to the needs of the students... I change myself, as per their needs.”

Yasmin Khan: Mentoring the future leaders of the developing world

When the first Aga Khan Academy opened, it became “a dream” for Yasmin Khan to work at the Academies. Yasmin joined the Academy in October 2016 through the partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Education and has been instilling her legacy of creativity, engagement, and determination ever since.

Hawa Sabriye

Hawa Sabriye: Dedication to high-quality and inclusive education

At the Aga Khan Academy Maputo, Hawa fosters her dedication to and passion for inclusive education. She explains, "We ensure a climate of pluralism on campus through incorporating and promoting students’ backgrounds and interests, and through celebrating differences."

Rudra Aryan: Aspiring engineer builds fully-functional drone

Rudra Aryan: Aspiring engineer builds fully-functional drone

“I try to learn from everything around me, from everyone.”

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Dr. and Dr. Duevel: “King’s Medal” recipients volunteer at the Academy

“Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible.”

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Nigel Jackson back at the Academy for Junior School’s Cinderella production

Nigel Jackson from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is currently in Hyderabad to coordinate and produce the musical Cinderella Rockerfella.

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Anamika Jasani – sowing seeds of leadership and service

"I believe that my portfolio is a driving force that allows my students to have a pluralistic outlook and provides them opportunities in action to develop and ingrain those values that are embedded in our institutional vision.”

Imran Bandeali: Lessons from the Jubilee Games, UAE 2016

Imran Bandeali, Head of Marketing and Admissions at the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad talks about his experience at the Jubilee Games held between 22nd–29th July in Dubai.

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Indira Bulhan (Class of 2016): reaching for the sky

Aspiring astrophysicist Indira Bulhan talks about how, with the help of the Academy, she was able to overcome gender stereotypes and others' negative attitudes to win a scholarship to the University of Victoria in Canada.

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Naman Yagnik (Class of 2013): Making a difference through service

“I chose a new major for a greater likelihood of being employed in either the private or public sector, and leave a positive mark at the same time,”

“The Academy has made me a better instructor by giving me feedback on my teaching. The institution offers ongoing training courses to make teachers more effective and more successful.”

Adilia Denise Aly Guedes Evaristo Cabral,
French Language Acquisition and Portuguese Language and Literature teacher,
Aga Khan Academy Maputo

Alumni: Putting Their Education to Work

Aga Khan Academy students making a difference

Two IB Diploma students are aiming to create awareness on pressing environmental issues through research and the creation of articles in order to obtain support from people and acquire feasible solutions to help eradicate these problems.

hyderabad_17

Creating leaders for civil society

Sitting in a luxurious common room facing the sea and chatting with his friends belonging to various nationalities and ethnic backgrounds is a hard-earned privilege for Salim, a poor boy who earlier worked in a cycle shop in a small Kenyan village to support his education.

Unit of Inquiry Celebration

All the classes at the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad recently completed their first

“Hearing His Highness the Aga Khan’s speeches about using your knowledge to help others anywhere in the world has become one of my fundamental rules of life. Instilling this idea that I should use my knowledge to help improve the lives of others, not just in my city or country but globally, is what it means to be a global citizen.”

Danish Dhamani (Class of 2013, Aga Khan Academy Mombasa),
recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 for a public-speaking app, Orai

Friends: Bringing the Power of Community to the Academies

Sujana Veeramachaneni: Teacher, Assistant Coordinator, Dorm Parent, Mentor

At AKA Hyderabad, Sujana Veeramachaneni holds more than her official titles of biology teacher and Assistant Coordinator for the Diploma Programme, science teacher for the Middle Years Programme, and dorm parent. Sujana also ensures her students see her as a friend, mentor and pillar of support: “They should always feel that I’m there for them, no matter the situation, or condition or time of day. You have to tailor yourself to the needs of the students... I change myself, as per their needs.”

Yasmin Khan: Mentoring the future leaders of the developing world

When the first Aga Khan Academy opened, it became “a dream” for Yasmin Khan to work at the Academies. Yasmin joined the Academy in October 2016 through the partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Education and has been instilling her legacy of creativity, engagement, and determination ever since.

Hawa Sabriye

Hawa Sabriye: Dedication to high-quality and inclusive education

At the Aga Khan Academy Maputo, Hawa fosters her dedication to and passion for inclusive education. She explains, "We ensure a climate of pluralism on campus through incorporating and promoting students’ backgrounds and interests, and through celebrating differences."

Rudra Aryan: Aspiring engineer builds fully-functional drone

Rudra Aryan: Aspiring engineer builds fully-functional drone

“I try to learn from everything around me, from everyone.”

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Dr. and Dr. Duevel: “King’s Medal” recipients volunteer at the Academy

“Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible.”

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Nigel Jackson back at the Academy for Junior School’s Cinderella production

Nigel Jackson from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is currently in Hyderabad to coordinate and produce the musical Cinderella Rockerfella.

Hyd 20170803 Anamika6

Anamika Jasani – sowing seeds of leadership and service

"I believe that my portfolio is a driving force that allows my students to have a pluralistic outlook and provides them opportunities in action to develop and ingrain those values that are embedded in our institutional vision.”

Imran Bandeali: Lessons from the Jubilee Games, UAE 2016

Imran Bandeali, Head of Marketing and Admissions at the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad talks about his experience at the Jubilee Games held between 22nd–29th July in Dubai.

Indira Bulhan

Indira Bulhan (Class of 2016): reaching for the sky

Aspiring astrophysicist Indira Bulhan talks about how, with the help of the Academy, she was able to overcome gender stereotypes and others' negative attitudes to win a scholarship to the University of Victoria in Canada.

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Naman Yagnik (Class of 2013): Making a difference through service

“I chose a new major for a greater likelihood of being employed in either the private or public sector, and leave a positive mark at the same time,”

“The investments made by AKDN in the country and the establishment of this landmark project in Dhaka is in part a result of the cordial bilateral relations between the AKDN and the Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh. The Ministry looks forward to facilitating and supporting all such worthy investments specially to help educate future global Bangladeshi leaders.”

Honourable Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, HE Mr. Masud Bin Momen,
June 2021, visit to the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka