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The Aga Khan Academy Maputo’s residential programme offers students spacious rooms they share, separate workspace areas and storage spaces.
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There are many ways to get involved with the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, making a difference to your own lives and those of others. Read about our professional training, job vacancies, fellowship scheme and more.

Who Are We Looking For?

We have great ambitions for our students, and for the communities we hope they will work to benefit. Our vision rests with the people who create the environment in which the students live, and who share their knowledge and enthusiasm with them. We hire the best educators and staff from within the local community, nationally and internationally.

We seek colleagues who are: 

  • enthusiastic about the Academies’ vision of creating homegrown leaders in the developing world
  • committed to our values of pluralism and meritocracy
  • eager to play a role in our vibrant school community.
"We are heartened by an important new World Bank study which indicates that it is not the quantity of time or money that leads to educational success, but rather the quality of specific educational experiences. The stimulus provided by extraordinary teachers and exceptional companions is most important."
His Highness the Aga Khan, Mombasa, Kenya, 14 August 2007

What Do We Offer?

We offer an outstanding work environment with excellent facilities, a unique and diverse school community, and the opportunities provided by being part of a cross-continental development agency network.

We are strongly committed to continuing education for our faculty, and we provide regular opportunities for professional development.

How Do I Get Involved?​

Employment opportunities at AKA Dhaka and throughout our network are posted on the AKDN Career Centre. We offer professional training for our own teachers and for educators and school leaders across the region. Please visit our professional development page for more information. We recruit recent graduates from universities around the world for two-year fellowship placements. If you would like to experience life at an Academy while playing a pastoral role and gaining departmental work experience, please visit our Fellows page. Our partners and donors play a vital part in the Academies’ success. Whether you are able to offer an internship or contribute towards scholarships for children from underprivileged backgrounds, please find out more about how you can make a difference.

Current Openings

Empowering teachers to nurture leaders

Arpita Chakraborty is an English Language and Literature teacher
Arpita Chakraborty is an English Language and Literature teacher

Nurturing culturally-rooted citizens for a better future

“As I begin to reminisce and write about the years in the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, the piercing call of a lone peacock from amidst the landscape of giant boulders that welcomed me in the city years ago, echoed loud in my ears. Hyderabad city, its glorious weather, the lack of the usual urban anxieties, the warmth in the simplicity of its people, the tranquil serenity of the school campus, and the lasting relationship with Biryani had sealed my calling to being a teacher in this school. The initial years were spent facilitating the pre-teens through their units of inquiry. The organic curiosity in children, their sincere joys in discovery, their folded hands and bowed heads in prayer, the profundity in their perceptions and the hours of watching them engaged in free- play, turned the teacher in me to a learner. My little students in this school taught me to respect the environment, love nature, and be resilient. Through these years, the journey with the students and their transitions, the traffic of diverse dialects and thoughts, the fascinating change in worldviews in students after Student Exchange Programme, the cultural pride displayed in celebrations, friends turning into family in the residences and the slices of the real world displayed in our student community, deepened my connect with the inspiring mission and vision of our school. In my engagement with the young adults in year eleven and twelve in the recent years, their rigorous pursuit of academic excellence and dreams for the future makes me remember this famous couplet of the Urdu poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin: hayāt le ke chalo kā.enāt le ke chalo chalo to saare zamāne ko saath le ke chalo [Take life with you, take creation with you. If you have to keep moving, take the whole world with you.]” Arpita Chakraborty, English Language and Literature teacher, Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad

Ensuring safety and happiness on AKA Maputo buses

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Ernesto Matavel, AKA Maputo’s bus driver, says he loves being a part of the diverse and inclusive community at the Academy.

Ensuring safety and happiness on AKA Dhaka buses

The sun is creeping its way out from the horizon, birds are beginning to chirp and there is a slight coolness in the air. It is 6 am in Maputo, Mozambique and it is the time Ernesto Matavel begins his daily route as a bus driver for the Aga Khan Academy Maputo.

“When the day begins I feel happy,” Ernesto said. “It is a fresh start to a new day.”

Ernesto began working at AKA Maputo in 2014 and has seen the evolution of the Academy as it continues to expand and develop. However, for Ernesto, the Academy is not the only thing that has been growing over the years.

“When I started at the Academy there was only a small building and now it has grown so much. Having said that, I have also gotten the opportunity to grow personally and professionally.”

When the Academy reopened for in-person learning due to COVID-19, Ernesto felt confident of the safety measures put in place.

“The Academy has done a fantastic job not only in safeguarding the students, but also the staff members like myself.”

By 2.50 pm Ernesto ends his bus route and anticipates for the next day. Although not everything is the same as it was prior to the pandemic, Ernesto is happy to be back with the AKA Maputo community, which he calls his group of friends.
“I like the work I do because I am able to do it with no problem. The community at the Academy makes me feel like we are all friends.”

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Unit of Inquiry Celebration

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