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Collaborative environments
MYP students at AKA Maputo work with each other and their teachers to develop well-rounded understandings of their curriculum they can apply to real-life scenarios.
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Middle Years Programme

From ages 11-16, our students take the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), a challenging and balanced curriculum that creates creative, reflective thinkers.

Building a Broad Knowledge Base

Students cover the major disciplines, gaining a broad education with the option to specialise in later years. Subject groups include:

  • Language and literature
  • Individuals and societies
  • Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Arts
  • Design
  • Physical and Health Education
  • Language acquisition.

They undertake MYP eAssessments in Grade 10, resulting in an internationally-recognised certificate.

“I like my Visual Arts class because I find it quite relaxing and enjoyable, and our teacher is really nice. For our Physical and Health Education class, I love the netball games unit because I like sports in general and I find this unit fun to do.”
Adriana da Costa, Grade 9 student, Aga Khan Academy Maputo

Personal Project Journeys

Throughout, the students connect their classroom work to the wider world. They connect knowledge from different disciplines to solve problems collaboratively, bringing critical thinking to global issues. They consider the needs of their local communities or wider society, and initiate their own projects to bring about positive change. Each element contributes to students’ ethical leadership training, enabling them to emerge as transformative young leaders.

In the past, our students have worked on various personal projects that have positively impacted their local communities. We have had projects consisting of delivering English language classes, developing a safe water filtration system, spreading awareness about the negative impacts of plastic pollution on the environment, and much more.

Teaching English in the DRC

Grade 10 student Amisha Lakhani planning her English lesson.
Amisha Lakhani, Grade 10, taught English to people in her hometown for her personal project.

Teaching English in the DRC

“My personal project focused on hosting English language classes for individuals in my hometown of Lubumbashi, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the end, the participants would put together a role play in English to show how they use the language in different areas of their everyday life. To execute my project, I made lesson plans for every session in order to understand how much everyone was learning throughout this project. A lot of research was needed to make sure I was teaching with the right techniques, which meant that I was communicating a lot with school teachers to get their feedback. I also had to make sure the participants were using English to practice at home. I was very nervous when I began my project but within the first two days of starting, I got so many positive comments and feedback from the participants. They were comfortable with me and I felt the same. This project overall taught me how to keep track of time, manage my organisational skills when it came to planning the lessons for each session, and how to use technology throughout the sessions.” Amisha Lakhani, Grade 10 student, Aga Khan Academy Maputo