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Diamond Jubilee High School, Mazgaon, Mumbai

Aga Khan Education Services is one of the foremost trust imparting high standards of education in various cities in India.

The long narrow plot in the heart of Central Mumbai pause challenge to basic design of a contemporary school complex. The structure abutting the main road has Multipurpose Hall, a Sports Complex and offices of the trust while the main school building is planned at the rear of the land away from the busy road and adjoining a playground. Floor plates of both the structure reduce as it goes up to form series of terraces at the same time visually reduces the volume.

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Former Aga Khan Primary School, Tukuyu, Tanzania, now Shule ya Msingi Bagamoyo and old Jamatkhana

Tukuyu, known as Neu Langenburg during the German colonial rule, is a small hillside town of 50,000 inhabitants that lies about 36 miles (58 km) south of the city of Mbeya, at an elevation of around 5,000 ft (1,500 m) in the highland Rungwe District of southern Tanzania, East Africa.

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H.H. Prince Aga Khan Girls School, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

The Aga Khan Education Service in India currently operates and manages eight schools in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. With over 600 personnel, it caters to around 8,700 students, of which 46 percent are girls. The Service’s broader mission is to provide programmes that enhance the quality of education in India.

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Aga Khan School holds graduation ceremony
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The Aga Khan School held its graduation ceremony at Regency Hotel for the academic year 2015-2016.

The programme was also attended by HE Yasoja Gunasekera, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh and HE Munir Merali AKDN Resident Representative to Bangladesh, according to a press release.

Certificates were awarded among the students for their academic performance and achievements in academic and extra-curricular activities. Faculty, non-teaching and support staff were also recognized for their long service to the institution. The inaugural AKDN Award was also presented to a highly meritorious student selected by the School's leadership.

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Envisioning an alternative to the neoliberalization of education in the global south: the Aga Khan's philosophies of education

By Shenila S. Khoja-Moolji

ABSTRACT

Studies in education over the past decade highlight the hijacking of educational agendas by neoliberal rationalities and logics. I illustrate these processes in relation to transnational campaigns for girls’ education, where the purpose of ‘education’ is reduced to producing wage-based labor and an accumulation of skills that enhance labor flexibility. ‘Girls’ are primarily articulated as economic actors: potential consumers, labor, and/or entrepreneurs. This reduction of individuals and social projects to economic logics calls for counter-discourses. I delineate one (among many possible) alternate framing of education by foregrounding muslim epistemologies. I present the views of the Shi'i muslim leader, His Highness the Aga Khan, about education, its purpose, and its entanglement with international development. Through a close reading and coding of over 30 public speeches and interviews of the Aga Khan between 1994 and 2015, I outline three salient themes pertaining to self, community, and meaningful life that cast doubt around the reduction of education to economic logics.

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The Aga Khan High School, Mombasa

Introduction

The Aga Khan High School, Mombasa is a mixed day school offering the Kenyan National Curriculum as well as the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum. The school is open to students of all religions, races and nationalities and comprises of 660 students and 38 teachers. It is a private school owned by Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKES, K), an institution that works to provide quality education to 11 schools in Kenya.

The origins of The Aga Khan High School, Mombasa date to the opening of the the boys’ elementary school in 1918 and the establishment of the girls school in 1919.

The current building, constructed between 1945 and 1951, is situated on Vanga Road, between the Aga Khan Hospital, Jaffery Academy and across from the Government Training Institute. It houses two schools - The Aga Khan Primary School and The Aga Khan High School.

The School offers a broad-based, multi-disciplinary education with emphases on languages, sciences, humanities, technical subjects and student-centered teaching/learning within an interactive learning environment that is designed to stimulate the joy of enquiry.

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Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School Celebrates Golden Jubilee

KARACHI – 29th November, 2016: Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School, one of over 150 schools run by the Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan (AKES,P), celebrated its 50th anniversary in the presence of current and former students, teachers and staff. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi, Professor Dr. Muhammad Qaiser, was the chief guest at the event held at the Aga Khan University Hospital auditorium.

The CEO of AKES,P, Farhan Bhayani, himself a former student of SMS Aga Khan School, welcomed the guests and recognized the profound impact and contribution of the teachers of the school in his success. He further highlighted new initiatives underway at the school which include a technology studio built to integrate information and communication technology into the syllabus and early childhood development programmes.

Over 40,000 students are currently enrolled in schools across Pakistan operated by AKES,P, an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. The schools range from small, rural schools with less than a 100 students to large urban ones with over 3,000 students. The Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School is one such large urban school with classes ranging from the pre-primary to the secondary level. Its students sit for their secondary school certificate through the Aga Khan University Examination Board.

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Young and seasoned poets inspire Bazm-e-Adab audience at AKHSS Gilgit

Gilgit: The Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gilgit organized a “Bazm-e-Adab”, or an assembly of literature, on December 21, 2016. The Bazm had three segments; Educational Talk, Poetry recitation, and Music. The Bazm-e-Adab was celebrated in the school after many years.

The Program started with old sufiana kalam with heart touching voice of Arif Ali. Guests were welcomed by Urdu teacher Sher Ahmed Jan. In the first segment two talks were delivered. Talks were delivered by Ghufran Bilal student of 11th grade and Aziz Ali Dad.

Urdu and English Poetry were included in the second segment. English poems were read by the students – Amjad Ali and Faisal. Shoaib Sultan presented his poems in a melodious tone. After this, Urdu Mushaira started, students; Ibrar Ali, Khursheed Ali, Mushahid Husssain, Shan Muhammad, Amjad Ali presented their beautiful poetries. Thereafter, Memona Abbass, Ghulam Abbass Naseem and Jamsheed Dukhi recited their poetry. Jamsheed Dukhi was the Sadar-e-Mehfil of the Urdu Mushaira.

Third Segment of the program was leaded by the president of the Music Club Ahsan Ullah and members worked very hard to prepare a mashup of the local songs. Abdul Manan and Ajmal Yaqoob with their flutes gave a stunning background music. The vocalists included; Syed Shujaat Ali, Shah Hussain, Sheraz Tariq, Ashad Karim, Asif Khan. A student Junaid Alam who writes his own lyrics and composes his own music performed in the program. Junaid has made a few video songs we hope this young talent from our region will one day shine on the international arena.

The guest speakers were some of the best thinkers of the mountainous region.

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Aga Khan Students from Pakistan achieve top results nationwide

Karachi, Pakistan, 17 August 2017 - Two students from Aga Khan Higher Secondary School in Karachi emerged first and second in Pakistan in the Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) Higher Secondary School Certificate examination, while a student from the Aga Khan School in Garden, emerged third in the AKU-EB Secondary School Certificate examination.

Mariam Sajjad emerged first in all of Pakistan with a 95% in the Pre-Medical track. “When I got the news that I had achieved a nation-wide top position, I was ecstatic,” she remarked. “It was like a dream come true.”

Urooj Usmani, also from an Aga Khan School in Karachi, came second in the whole nation with a 93.5% in the Pre-Medical track. She said, “It is extremely humbling and quite unbelievable that I have secured one of the top scores among thousands of students. I would like to thank my parents and teachers who supported me wholeheartedly. I always studied to learn and not to just pass a certain exam, and that I think is the key to success. Also, I was fortunate to have some of the best teachers at AKHSS.”

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Aga Khan network earns Govt praise in education

Kilwa. The government has lavished praise on the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) for implementing effectively an education initiative under a project dubbed Strengthening Education Systems East Africa (Sesea).

The implementation of the project started in 2012 with a purpose of building capacity to pre and primary school teachers on how best they can prepare teaching aid, monitoring and assess academic performance of their pupils.

The project intends to reach 187,344 teachers in the East African countries out of which Tanzania will have 69,515 female teachers as beneficiaries.

In Tanzania, it was being implemented in Nachingwea, Newala, Rural Lindi and Kilwa District.

It falls under a joint initiative between Global Affairs Canada and the Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), and being implemented in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda through the Aga Khan University (AKU).

In the message read on his behalf by director of higher education Prof Sylvia Temu, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry of Education, Science and Technology Dr Leonard Akwilapo, recommended the AKU and Sesea management for the effective supervision.

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Education in India

The first Aga Khan School was founded in Mundra (Gujarat) in 1905. Since then, the number of schools and other education institutions run by AKDN agencies has risen to over 80. The Aga Khan Academies (AKA), Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) are the principal AKDN agencies working in education in India. AKDN has taken a holistic approach to education in India focused on providing the best quality learning opportunities to all sections of society while also supporting government institutions to improve the quality of education being provided in public/state schools

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Mzizima celebrates golden jubilee

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Among the activities were reforestation, fundraising, debate, lucky draw and cooking competition all of which involved students and staff. The golden jubilee celebrations was attended by Aga Khan Education Service Regional Curriculum Manager East Africa Maryam Adoo as well as Country Manager Aga Khan Education Service Masood Ahmad.

Dar es Salaam. Various activities spiced up the Aga Khan Mzizima secondary school’s 50 year anniversary celebrations held at the school premises on Friday.

Among the activities were reforestation, fundraising, debate, lucky draw and cooking competition all of which involved students and staff. The golden jubilee celebrations was attended by Aga Khan Education Service Regional Curriculum Manager East Africa Maryam Adoo as well as Country Manager Aga Khan Education Service Masood Ahmad.

Also attending was long serving teacher, Mr Richard Shoo who worked for more than 30 years as a teacher in the school.

Speaking during the celebrations, Aga Khan Mzizima Head Master, Mr Daniel Lazaro, said much progress has been made in terms of students’ performance since the school wasestablished in 1967. The school has 618 students, 45 Tanzanian teachers and 17 foreign teachers.

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Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gilgit, Pakistan

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FEATURE: Robotics Programme sparks innovative learning in Central Asia

On December 16th, the Aga Khan School (AKS), Osh and Aga Khan Lycée (AKL), Khorog held a Robotics Showcase to celebrate and mark the completion of the first phase in the Junior First League Robotics Programme. The event was attended by parents, teachers and community members who came to support students as they presented their final models.

The first of its kind in the region, Junior First League Robotics is a 9-week programme that teams up young students and adult coaches to explore real-world issues, such as food safety, recycling, and energy-related topics. During the course, students learn about teamwork and the wonders of science and technology, thereby strengthening skills in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in a fun and engaging way.

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THE.ISMAILI | 17 January 2018| GLOBAL
Celebrating Mawlana Hazar Imam’s commitment to education in Pakistan


“When I was younger, people didn’t know how to read,” recalled Musa Khan. “If we received a letter, we had to travel far to find someone who could read it for us. Today, every child in the area is enrolled in school.” The educational progress covered in Musa Khan’s lifetime is that of centuries. Musa is one of many teachers who have dedicated their lives to educating children in their communities in the Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral regions of Pakistan.

Now retired from the Diamond Jubilee High School, Gupis, Gilgit-Baltistan, after almost three decades of teaching, he is a witness to the transformative power of education.

Today, the Aga Khan Education Services operates over 200 schools and education programmes in 10 countries across East Africa, the Middle East, Central and South East Asia, serving over 60,000 students. The vast majority of the schools –160 – are in Pakistan, providing schooling to more than 40,000 girls and boys from pre-primary to higher secondary level.

The first Aga Khan School in Pakistan was established in 1905 in Gwadar, Balochistan, by Mawlana Sultan Mahomed Shah. In the decades that followed, Aga Khan Schools were established in Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Chitral. Today, Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan - which is part of the Aga Khan Development Network established by Mawlana Hazar Imam - operates 107 schools in Gilgit-Baltistan, a further 45 schools in Chitral, and eight schools in Sindh and Punjab.

In order to meet the needs of every student, the education network ranges from small rural schools with less than 100 students to large urban schools with well over 1,000 students. While some operate in community-built structures, others have custom-built campuses with all the facilities of a modern institution, including libraries, laboratories and solar-powered Internet-enabled computer labs.

The long-term vision of the Ismaili Imams, combined with their continuous emphasis on education, has led to an improved quality of life for thousands of families in Pakistan and elsewhere. Ensuring access to knowledge to improve one's condition, and to use that knowledge towards the greater good, is an ethic of the faith which underlies the Imams' commitment to education.

As retired teacher Musa Khan said, “Now people have the knowledge to live, to think, to rise out of poverty. This is thanks to the education they have received.”

“The best way to manage change, whether positive or negative, is to anticipate it and prepare for it. On the basis of my experience with development as an observer and a practitioner — I have come to the conclusion that there is no greater form of preparation for change than education. I also think that there is no better investment that the individual, parents, and the nation can make than an investment in education of the highest possible quality.” Mawlana Hazar Imam, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Aga Khan School, Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, 30 October 2002

Teaching to Learn

Nazish Amir graduated from the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School (AKHSS), Kuragh, in 2012 as part of the first cohort of students graduating from the school. She is currently a lecturer of English Language and Literature at the University of Chitral.

Nazish is from the village of Charun in Upper Chitral and is the second of five siblings, and credits her school for helping her to develop her talents and interests. Nazish said “I was not a very good student before joining AKHSS, Kuragh. In fact, people in my village were surprised when I qualified in the test for the school. I was able to do well in school, and subsequently in my professional life, because the school really helped me develop holistically." Nazish felt that she was able to learn a lot from her classes, from the variety of projects she was assigned, and activities such as debates and presentations. “I don’t have words to express my feelings for the school,” Nazish said.

After completing her higher secondary school certificate from AKHSS, Kuragh, Nazish studied English Language and Literature at the International Islamic University in Islamabad. She said that English was her personal interest and that she was always interested in stories and novels. The library at the school was well-stocked with books, encouraging this interest.

In addition, Nazish commented that the Aga Khan University Examination Board’s English course focused heavily on the key skills of reading, writing, listening, and presentation. “These skills have helped me in both my university and professional life,” she said.

After graduating from the university, Nazish was in the fortunate position of having to choose between a scholarship for a graduate programme at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, or a lectureship at the University of Chitral. She opted to take up the lectureship but plans to continue her studies in the near future.

Nazish said “I can be a better teacher than I can be anything else. Teaching constantly gives you opportunities to improve yourself. Every lecture I give helps me learn.”

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2018-06-14 Voluntary winding of AKU Tanzania Institute of Higher Education

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Govt likely to hand over new schools to Aga Khan Board


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6 July 2018

BY Aftab Channa



KARACHI: With its failure to properly run the newly established 50 English medium schools with Cambridge International Examination (CIE) system in the province, the Sindh government is likely to handover these schools to the Aga Khan Board to ensure quality education to the students, it was learnt on Thursday.

In this regard, an initial consultation has been made while the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Sindh government and Aga Khan Board will be signed very soon after which the control of these CIE schools is to be given to Aga Khan Board, sources told Pakistan Today.

According to the sources, the former chief minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah had announced that he would give every district at least one English-medium school with the CIE system in the public sector.

These English-medium schools have been established in almost all the districts of the province including Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Naushahro Feroze, Sanghar, Khairpur, Mirpurkhas, Tando Mohammad Khan, Ghotki, Thatta, Badin, Sujawal, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Umerkot, Dadu, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Jacobabad, Tharparkar, Malir, Shikarpur, Kashmore and Karachi.

“These schools would be run through private management while the government would bear all the expenditures, including tuition fee, textbooks, exercise material, registration fee, examination fee and even the salaries of the teaching and non-teaching staff while the private partner would have to run the management effectively”, sources informed.
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Aga Khan Education Services increases footprint in Hunza

Al-Murtaza Academy joins network of Aga Khan Schools following generous gift.

Murtazabad, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 9 September 2018 - The Aga Khan School Murtazabad, today joined the Aga Khan Education Service’s network’s 107 schools in Gilgit Baltistan, further expanding its vision to provide much needed quality education to students in the region.

Previously known as the Al-Murtaza Academy, the school was gifted to the AKES by the Al-Murtaza Educational and Social Welfare Organisation (AMWESO). The school - which from its humble beginnings, was converted into a state-of-the-art campus with 13 classrooms, a library, science and ICT laboratories - was built by Mrs Diana MacArthur, in memory of her late daughter Elisabeth “Leeza” Tschursin, who having completed her university degree in the United States, travelled to Hunza and taught science at the school.

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The Aga Khan Education Services has established over 240 Early Childhood Development (#ECD) units around the world with 13,000+ kids between 2 to 6 years enrolled in pre-primary, nursery, kindergarten, and daycare centers.

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A little schoolboy from #AKESP-operated #DJSchool in #HunzaValley, #GilgitBaltistan. It's one of the many dozens that the #AgaKhan III had initiated after his #DiamondJubilee celebrations.

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Quality education termed must for development

CHITRAL: Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) general manager retired Brig Khosh Mohammad has said that the progress and prosperity of Chitral depend on development of human resource for which quality education is essential.

Speaking at a function held in connection with the Teachers’ Appreciation Day here on Sunday, he said that the teachers working in AKES schools were known for their excellence in quality education and realising this fact they were rewarded with cash prizes and bonuses on yearly basis.

“The more we spend on improvement of education, the more dividends we will receive and our future will be brightened,” he said.

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Chitral schools trace history to celebrate Diamond Jubilee

It was a grand celebration and one where the Imam put all the gifts into projects that would benefit the Ismailis and the communities where they lived. The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) began as a handful of schools that were established during that time. Over 100 year later, AKES now runs over 200 schools and educational programs across 10 countries.

This year marks the close of the Diamond Jubilee of the previous Imam’s successor, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan. To mark this jubilee, students from AKES, Pakistan’s schools in the mountainous district of Chitral decided to trace the history of their schools. They found that the schools have had significant social and economic impacts since they were founded in the 1980s.

Women’s education is one of the biggest area of progress, reported students at a conference on July 5 at the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Seenlasht. In a region where girls were traditionally kept at home instead of being sent to school, graduates of the Aga Khan Schools are building successful careers after graduating from top Pakistani universities. Many have also joined the Pakistan Army.

Dr. Badshah Munir, Project Director at the University of Chitral, and Captain Siraj Ul Mulk presided as the chief guests at the conference, which was titled: Diamond Jubilee to Diamond Jubilee – A Journey of Inspiration.

Imtiaz Momin, the CEO of the AKES,P, explained that the foundations of AKES,P schools in the mountainous regions of Pakistan were laid by Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah after his Diamond Jubilee. The educational project started in 1946 was expanded and carried forward by Prince Karim Aga Khan, he said. “The great tradition of provision of quality education will continue according to the demands of the modern world,” said Momin.

The General Manager of AKES,P, Chitral, Brigadier (retired) Khush Muhammad Khan, said the Aga Khan Development Network, of which AKES is a part, has also been working in healthcare, infrastructure development, disaster management and drinking water provision in Pakistan for the past six decades.

Dr. Munir lauded AKES,P’s instrumental role in promoting education in Chitral. He praised His Highness the Aga Khan’s role as a leader whose vision is helping the Muslim Ummah attain education for a successful life.

Captain Mulk praised AKES,P’s work in expanding the provision of quality affordable education to students in Pakistan.

AKES,P is amongst the largest private networks of education institutions in Pakistan. Reaching out to some of the most remote areas of Pakistan, AKES,P has been providing quality education for over a hundred years. It operates 160 schools in Pakistan with a total enrolment of approximately 40,000 students. Of these schools, 95% of them are in the districts of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral.

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Raising Learning Outcomes: the opportunities of ICT for learning
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Innovation Unit in partnership with Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) and Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) have been working with UNICEF’s regional offices in sub-saharan Africa to better understand the opportunities and challenges of ICT for learning on outcomes for young people.

Schools globally have barely scratched the surface of how technology can be a positive force for learning. Those that have, often struggle to use technology effectively to have an impact on learning outcomes. This report looks at examples from across countries and continents, it then goes on to identify key issues and suggests the role UNICEF can play in ICT for learning: technologies designed to enable high quality teaching and learning.

Our research informs UNICEF’s thinking on information communication technology (ICT) for learning in a sub-Saharan Africa context. The project builds on previous work completed for AKES in which the team investigated learning technology stories from diverse contexts, including many that are complex and resource-constrained.

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Aga Khan School in Dhaka celebrates 30 years in education

A daylong event was held at the school premises to mark the occasion


Aga Khan School Dhaka celebrated 30 years of excellence in education with its alumni, current students, teachers, and parents.

To mark the celebration, a daylong event was held at the Secondary School Building located in Sector 4 of Uttara Model Town on Saturday.

The school and the Aga Khan School Dhaka Alumni Association (AKSDAA) jointly organized the program.

Alumni, students, and teachers participated in a talent show, exemplifying the strong sense of community embodied in the school.

The Aga Khan School Dhaka was established in 1988 with only 25 students, seven teachers, and a principal. Today, the student body has grown to over 1,200 students with 200 teachers and staff.

The school offers an IB-Primary Years Program in the junior section with the CIE and IBDP curricula in the senior section.

The school is also part of an international network of over 200 schools in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Aga Khan Lycée Khorog invites Stanford University students to engage in innovation, creativity, and problem solving

For the final article in November’s Science and Technology theme, we pay a visit to the Aga Khan Lycée in Khorog, Tajikistan. While immersing themselves in local culture, Stanford University students Faith Harron and Allison Armstrong taught the Makerspace curriculum at the Lycée, an Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) school.

"I came to Tajikistan with an open mind and no expectations necessarily of what the country would be, and it turned out to be an absolutely amazing experience. Being able to do this programme with my wonderful students made for a summer that I know I’ll remember forever."
-Faith Harron, Stanford undergraduate, Cardinal Quarter Fellow and Makerspace teacher.

What were two Stanford University engineering undergraduate students doing spending their summer in Khorog, Tajikistan, a town of 30,000 people, nestled in the Pamir mountains?

While immersing themselves in local culture, Faith Harron and Allison Armstrong were teaching the Makerspace curriculum at the Aga Khan Lycée, an Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) school. A Makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school or other facility to provide creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build, and invent, as they engage in science, engineering, art, and other creative projects. This nine-week programme provided an opportunity to engage 41 Grade 5 students in creative, higher-order problem-solving through hands-on design, construction, and iteration. They experimented with new technologies and equipment, whilst also contributing towards their interdisciplinary understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM).

Growing up in the small town of Bismarck, North Dakota, Faith said she did not have the opportunity to explore her STEAM interests, but since coming to Stanford she has been encouraging her friends and others to "to dream higher." She added: "That’s one of the things most important for a student, to have people that believe in and support them in their dreams, and that’s what I wanted to do with this programme in Khorog. A Makerspace like this one is so important for the community here."

Having completed the Cardinal Quarter Fellowship programme, a part of Stanford's Haas Center for Public Affairs, Faith and Allison were selected to implement the Makerspace initiative, co-sponsored by the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) in Tajikistan, and the Aga Khan Lycée.

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Video: Makerspace programme launched in Tajikistan

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A Makerspace is a collaborative work space inside a school or other facility to encourage students to design, experiment, build, and invent; as they engage in science, engineering, art, and other creative projects. Two students from Stanford University were selected to implement the Makerspace initiative at the Aga Khan Lycée in Khorog, Tajikistan.
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Aga Khan School Dhaka hosts certificate ceremony for CPE graduates

The Aga Khan School in Dhaka has hosted a certificate ceremony for teachers at the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre to mark the conclusion of a six-month long Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Certification Programme focusing on “Becoming a Reflective Teacher”.

The programme was conducted in collaboration with the Institute for Educational Development (IED) of the Aga Khan University, it said. The programme was attended by teachers from other schools.

It was aimed at enhancing “the pedagogical knowledge and skills of participants and equip them with strategies and tools to provide a more conducive learning environment for their students".

The comprehensive CPE programme’s design and content, which includes online sessions, are provided by the IED of Aga Khan University.

The Aga Khan School in Dhaka, which is an IB School (International Baccalaureate), has been organising such training programmes with the Aga Khan University’s IED since 1999.

The Aga Khan School Dhaka was established in 1988, and this year it is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

The school is part of an international network of over 200 schools in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United Arab Emirates.

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2018 - Aga Khan Schools


Established over 100 years ago, the Aga Khan Education Services is built on a century of leadership in education. We believe education improves the quality of life of students, their families and communities.

We serve diverse populations with 75% of our schools in rural areas, many operating in marginalised communities where access to quality education is limited. We offer relevant, sustainable and affordable schooling in the context in which students live so that they mature to be both local and global citizens.

This publication provides some statistics about our work in 2018.

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AKELC Wins Best Nursery Award in UAE

Hosted by SchoolsCompared.com, the Aga Khan Early Learning Centre (AKELC) was announced the winner of the Best Nursery UAE 2019 award. Head of Nursery, Kelli Allen, and HR and Operations Manager, Irnesa Hodzic, received the award on stage and were asked to share their thoughts. Both stated that the success of the award was a combination of staff, volunteers, parents and children working together to achieve a high-quality programme.

While the Top School Awards clearly celebrated contributions to UAE Education, the biggest success of the event according to Jonathan Westley, editor of SchoolsCompared.com, was simply to bring the industry as a whole together, and to allow its members to make new friendships and cement existing ones. "We believe this is the first time in UAE history that schools have been brought together, on such a scale, for an event such as this," he added.

On January 22, 2019, Kelli Allen was notified that AKELC had been shortlisted in the SchoolsCompared.com Education Awards 2019. “This was a great surprise as the Nursery hadn’t applied for the award,” says Allen.

David Westley of SchoolsCompared.com stated, “The 20 awards were arrived at via a three-phase process of an open nomination to schools and parents; to a shortlisting by our editors, and then online voting by seven independent judges. All awards were arrived at only after painstaking analysis by the judges, who described it as one of the hardest things they had ever been asked to do.”

Jenny Mollon, journalist for Which School Advisor, announced that the Nursery award was the only one given at the event. A total of 13 nurseries were considered for the award. This group was shortlisted further to five schools before AKELC was announced as the winner.

AKELC has been flooded with congratulations since the award was announced and plans to celebrate with a staff and family event in the near future!

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Improving Schools in the Land of Many Dreams

Nestled in the remote mountains of northern Pakistan, Chipurson Valley has a total population of 4,000 people. It sits less than 80 kilometres from the border of China, and is connected to the rest of the country by rocky, dirt roads that lead to the Karakoram Highway (KKH). At over 15,000 feet above sea level, the KKH is the highest paved road in the world. It’s also one of the most scenic.

Along the road, signs welcoming visitors to the “land of many dreams” appear. Since 1905, the Aga Khan Development Network has been working to ensure dreams of children in this forgotten land have a chance at coming true. For many, that starts with a quality education.

Unfortunately, when it comes to education, children in the valley are often left behind. Given its remoteness, the valley’s schools have lagged in comparison to the region’s urban centres. When Atta-Ur-Rehman first came to Chirpurson Valley as a new school principal, the signs were clear. Teachers were frustrated with the lack of resources and support, and sometimes struck students to discipline them. Parents were unhappy with their children’s progress and frustrated with the school's performance.

Since then, this Chipurson Valley school and over 270 other schools in the Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral region—most of them public—have been recipients of a unique program that puts children at the centre of learning activities. In 2016, the Aga Khan Foundation began an innovative education project called the School Improvement Programme (SIP). SIP takes a “whole school” approach to education that involves all stakeholders—from parents and teachers to government officials—to work toward improving learning outcomes.

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