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Pluralistic community
Students and staff across the Aga Khan Academies come from various unique geographic locations and backgrounds.
AKA Maputo students working on a science experiment inside a classroom.
Renowned curriculum
The Aga Khan Academies offer the International Baccalaureate curriculum, along with unique attributes interwoven into the curriculum to develop holistic leaders of tomorrow.
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Merit-based admissions
The Aga Khan Academies offers merit-based admissions, whilst also providing financial assistance.
AKA Hyderabad student receiving a medal.
Endless opportunities
Students participate in numerous extracurricular activities, summer programmes, internships and more to expand their knowledge and networking skills.

Our Community

For the Academies, community is outward-looking and lifelong. It extends from students eating on campus with their dorm family to alumni working in another continent; from donors around the globe to campus staff who create a harmonious living environment.

“Among history’s great truths is that a society is only able to advance to newer horizons of greater promise when it overcomes insularity, and recognises strength in difference."

His Highness the Aga Khan, Foundation Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Maputo, June 2004
The Academies Within Their Societies​

The vision set out by His Highness the Aga Khan is for each Academy to become an integral part of its greater community. Campuses are sited where they can bring most benefit to their host country. Staff keep community service in mind as they share their skills beyond the campus. And students are selected for their social awareness as well as their academic potential

The Academies nurture their students to be:

  1. Inquirers
  2. Knowledgeable
  3. Thinkers
  4. Communicators
  5. Principled
  6. Open-minded
  7. Caring
  8. Courageous
  9. Balanced
  10. Reflective
  11. Leaders
  12. Stewards

The last two attributes, emphasising working with others and making the world a better place, are unique to the Aga Khan Academies’ learner profile.

Meet the AKA Family

Community means more than a single Academy. With a worldwide network, staff share technology and knowledge. Students interact with fellow pupils from other cultures, at their own school, through collaboration with other Academies and on exchanges.

Development organisations and the IB share their knowledge with the Academies, and benefit from AKDN experience in their turn. The Professional Development Centres ensure continuous work with local schools, building local networks to enrich their countries.

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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.”
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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.
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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."
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