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AKA Maputo student reading a book in the residences.
A second home
The AKA Maputo’s residential programme offers students spacious rooms they share, separate workspace areas and storage spaces.
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Residential Life

Students enjoy a warm and supportive campus environment within a culture based on respect, integrity, honesty, fairness, empathy and good humour. Our world-standard facilities are set within surroundings designed to offer students all they need to learn and grow.

The AKA Maputo Residential Experience

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Through a supportive environment, residential students at the Aga Khan Academy Maputo learn how to become more independent, form strong bonds with their residential families and participate in service projects with community partners. 

Learning Beyond the Classroom

Many of the most important elements of an education – the development of practical leadership skills, the capacity to make ethical judgments, the ability to navigate through complex cultural settings – are formed outside the classroom. Mealtimes and other gatherings provide the opportunity for students to talk, study and relax with each other. Our residential programme enables them to continue building these connections with others, as well as to take advantage of the facilities and activities on offer.

We offer students the opportunity to become proficient in creative and physical activities as well as in their academic studies and service projects. Find out more about the sports, expression activities and service learning elements of student life.

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Students talking with each other in the courtyard of the residences at AKA Maputo.

Since 2019, the residential programme at AKA Maputo has been a second home for students from all over the world.

A residential student doing their laundry at AKA Maputo.

As part of the residential programme at AKA Maputo, students learn important life skills like doing their laundry and ironing their clothes.

Two students spending time together in their residential room at AKA Maputo.

Residential students share a room with up to three students and have separate study and storage spaces.

Students playing a game with each other in the main courtyard at AKA Maputo.

Different activities are offered for residential students to participate in on the weekends, allowing them chances to bond with each.

Students playing a game with each other inside the residential common room at AKA Maputo.

Residential students have plenty of free time to play sports, study or be with friends on the weekends at AKA Maputo.

Students studying and working on homework in the AKA Maputo library.

Residential students have an allocated time and space where they study and do their homework during the evenings while being supervised by a residential parent.

Students and teachers on an excursion outside of the Academy.

Excursions and off-campus service learning activities are done on the weekends for AKA Maputo residential students.

A residential parent hugging a residential student at AKA Maputo.

Equipped with various art supplies, students at AKA Maputo explore their creativity in their art classrooms.

AKA Maputo students eating lunch together

A variety of nutritious meals and snacks are provided for AKA Maputo residential students throughout the day.

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“The experiences at the residences are amazing. The residential parents are supportive, kind and helpful. One thing I have learned while living in the residences at AKA Maputo is that you build a bond with everyone on campus.”
Alvin Bhanani, Grade 10 student, Aga Khan Academy Maputo

A Home From Home

Residential students at AKA Maputo forming a group hug.
Residential students at AKA Maputo interact with students from varying backgrounds and locations, forming strong bonds with each other.
We host our students on a secure campus, with appropriate safeguards on and off site. They learn independence in many ways, from time management to doing their laundry, but have a supportive system of advisors, dorm parents, and other staff to rely on, and plenty of opportunities to communicate with their families. Find out more about how we ensure our students’ wellbeing.

Growing and learning through the residential programme

Alvin Banani, Grade 10 student at AKA Maputo
Alvin Banani, Grade 10, AKA Maputo
“The residential programme at AKA Maputo consists of students from different places coming together for better study experiences where we learn new skills, gain knowledge and build relationships with each other. I have had a great and memorable experience so far. In the residences, students are allocated a room with three additional roommates and each person has their own study table and closets and drawers for their belongings. We have a common room where students can watch TV, play games, have snacks and much more. As a residential student, our day begins early around 6 am. We get ready, have breakfast and attend school from 7.45 am to 2.45 pm, with two breaks in between for snacks and lunch. After school the residential students have study time from 3 to 4 pm, followed by a free time to relax, communicate with their parents, play sports or use the gym facilities. We then have dinner at 6.15 pm with the residential parent in charge and an additional study or free time with a snack break afterward and lights out at 9.30 pm. On Fridays and Saturdays, we are taken to our religious places of worship and on Sundays, we go off-campus for excursions. Overall, the experiences at the residences are amazing. The residential parents are supportive, kind and helpful. One thing I have learned while living in the residences at AKA Maputo is that you build a bond with everyone on campus.” Alvin Banani, Grade 10 student, Aga Khan Academy Maputo
“Each day is filled with a new adventure in the residential programme at
AKA Maputo.”
Tanya Kanani, Grade 10 student, Aga Khan Academy Maputo

Typical Menu of the Week​

AKA Maputo students and staff in the Commons
Various nutritious meals are offered to students at AKA Maputo.
As any student will tell you, mealtimes are an important aspect of Academy life. We offer nutritious, delicious meals and snacks, with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options for all meals. As part of the residential programme, residential students are provided with all of their meals, including snacks throughout the day. Find out more about what a typical menu of the week looks like, which is an essential part of student life.