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Hour of Code: 4th - 10th December

Grades 1-12 students & all staff will be given the time and opportunity to create their own fully functional computer programme during Computer Science Education Week!

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Admission Requirements

Choosing a school is an important decision in a child's and parent's life. We are here to help and answer any questions you might have. 

We currently welcome enquiries of students for our Nursery, Junior and Senior School.

Our programmes are based on the principles and practices of the International Baccalaureate. The admission requirements for the Academy's programmes, including language requirements, are outlined below.  

For the Aga Khan Academy Maputo, the admissions process can be followed in either English or Portuguese.

Admission is competitive and based on student merit, regardless of a family’s ability to pay. The Academy endeavours to meet the demonstrated financial need of each admitted student.

Nursery School

Kindergarten 1, 2 and 3: Early Years Programme

Students entering Kindergarten 1 must be 3 years of age by the 31st of August of the year of entry.

All prospective students must demonstrate the potential for high achievement. Each applicant will participate in a variety of assessment exercises.

Students may enter the nursery section without a strong prior knowledge of one of the languages of instruction, English or Portuguese. 

Junior School

Grades 1–5: Primary Years Programme (PYP)

Students entering Grade 1 will ideally have completed at least three years of nursery school and must be 6 years of age by the 31st of August of the year of entry.

All prospective students must demonstrate a potential for high academic achievement and competency in literacy and numeracy. Each applicant will participate in a variety of assessment exercises.

Students may enter the first three years of the PYP without a strong prior knowledge of one of the languages of instruction, English or Portuguese. However, in the last three years of the PYP, students must have a basic level of proficiency in both languages before they may be admitted.

Senior School

Grades 6–10: Middle Years Programme (MYP)

All students applying for a place in the Senior School must have attained high scholastic achievement in their former educational institutions. They must also demonstrate a keen interest and participation in community service projects outside the classroom and/or extracurricular activities such as sporting activities, clubs, arts and music.

All prospective students must demonstrate a potential for high academic achievement and competency in literacy and numeracy at the school in addition to providing past student grade reports and certificates of achievement.

Grades 11–12: Diploma Programme (DP)
Applicants for the Diploma Programme must have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement as well as a record of active involvement in extracurricular and community service activities.

New students will not be accepted in the year of the Diploma exam

Applying to the Academy

For further information about admissions, please contact admissions.maputo@agakhanacademies.org.

Quick Facts About the Academy

The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad (established 2011)

Location: South of the city of Hyderabad, near the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Campus size: 100 acres of land allocated by the state government

Campus design and construction:

  • total built area: approximately 500,000 square feet
  • master facilities planners for the Academies: Sasaki Associates Inc. of Boston, USA
  • campus design: award-winning architect Bimal Patel of HCP in Ahmedabad, India
  • campus construction: Shahpoorji Pallonji


Curriculum

The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School

IB programmes:

  • Primary Years Programme: grades 1–5;
  • Middle Years Programme: grades 6–10;
  • Diploma Programme: grades 11–12

Aga Khan Curricular Strands, implemented across the curriculum:
Ethics, Pluralism, Cultures (with an emphasis on Muslim civlisations), Governance and Civil Society, and Economics for Development

 

Staff and students

Faculty numbers: 8 senior management, 63 Senior School faculty, 19 Junior School faculty, 7 working in both Senior & Junior Schools, 42 administrative staff

Number of students currently enrolled: 632 day and residential students in total: 140 day students in the Junior School; 492 students in the Senior School, with 245 in residence

Numbers of students and teachers at full capacity: 750 students and 90 teachers, with over 40% of students receiving some form of financial aid

First IB Diploma Programme graduating class: 2014

 

Residential students

Number of residential students: 245 currently, with full capacity of 300 students

Number of students per room: Between 2 and 4, with second year Diploma Programme students in single/double rooms

Residential facilities: Student lounge with multimedia and entertainment equipment, study areas, laundry facilities, dining hall


Campus facilities

Sports facilities: 25-metre swimming pool, diving pool, gym, two regulation-sized basketball courts, three cricket pitches with net practice facilities, two tennis courts, four squash courts, athletics track, junior play area, hockey field, training field, 2.5 km cross-country track

Arts facilities: Rooms for fine arts, music, dance; individual music practice booths; music recording area; amphitheatre performance space

Academic areas: Junior School classrooms, Senior School classrooms, science and computer laboratories, library and resource centre, arts facilities, music and dance studios

Residential buildings: 6 residential blocks: 3 male and 3 female; 6 dorm parent apartments in each block. Each block has a central atrium, lounge area, patio and laundry facilities.

Health and Wellness Centre: 12 beds and a full-time, qualified nurse

 

Professional Development Centre

The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad is home to a Professional Development Centre for the advancement of teachers. The primary objective of this centre is to provide professional development that will benefit the wider school system in India.

Programming began in June 2010 with a Professional Learning for Educators Series for teachers in local government, independent and not-for profit schools.

 

The Aga Khan Academies network

18 Academies are planned in Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East.
3 Academies are currently operating: Mombasa, Kenya (opened 2003); Hyderabad, India (opened 2011); and Maputo, Mozambique (opened 2013).
When complete, the network will represent 2,000 teachers and 14,000 students (boys and girls), with 1,400 graduates annually.

Institutional partnerships include:

Agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network; the International Baccalaureate, universities including the University of British Columbia, Concordia University, Ryerson University, University of California - Los Angeles, California State University - Northridge 

Government partnerships include:

The Province of Ontario, Canada; the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya; the Ministry of Education and Human Development, Mozambique; the French Development Agency (AFD); the French Mozambican Cultural Centre (CCFM - Centro Cultural Franco-Mozambicano); the Department of School Education, Telangana, India 

Download the Quick Facts sheet here.  AKA-Hyderabad-Quick-Facts.pdf

Academy Book Week

March 7 - 11

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The Academies Network

The Aga Khan Academy Dhaka is the fourth in a network of Aga Khan Academies being established in countries across Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East. The first Academy opened in Mombasa, Kenya in 2003, the second in Hyderabad, India in 2011 and the third in Maputo, Mozambique in 2013.

The aim of the Academies is to develop future leaders with the skills and knowledge to support positive development in their societies. We achieve this by recruiting exceptional young people from all backgrounds and providing them with the highest international standard of education.

Admission is competitive and based on student merit, regardless of a family’s ability to pay. Each Academy endeavours to meet the demonstrated financial need of each admitted student.

When complete, the network of Academies will form a global learning community of approximately 18 schools in 14 countries (map). They will eventually serve approximately 14,000 girls and boys of exceptional calibre, graduating 1,500 students annually.

For more information, visit our Academies network home page.

Kamini Menon – communications for change

“I have always been inspired by the philosophy and implementing agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network, and it brings me great joy to have found a way to realise that career aspiration."
 

Kamini Menon joined the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad in August 2016 as its Communications Specialist, but her engagement with its educational vision had started long before – as a grade 5 student at the Aga Khan primary school in Kampala, Uganda. That was where she discovered talents in table tennis and athletics, became a class prefect and initiated cleaning campaigns to keep the buildings litter-free. “It’s interesting that I can draw parallels between that childhood experience and the Academy in Hyderabad – with its focus on holistic learning, opportunities to learn new sports and inculcating in its students an awareness about the environment,” she noted.

Kamini grew up primarily in Kenya and Uganda, and completed her undergraduate degree in journalism from an American university in Nairobi. While she was studying, she gained valuable work experience at various places including the PR department of the Kenya Wildlife Service, a South African magazine company, and a recreational space called the Village Market. She then pursued her Master’s in Global Communications from the American University of Paris in France with a focus on video and communications for the development sector. Since then, Kamini has worked in Morocco, Afghanistan and across India for various non-profits and has built her portfolio of skills to include content creation, photography, video production, branding, design, public relations, training and strategic communications.

What drew her to the Academy? “I have always been inspired by the philosophy and implementing agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network, and it brings me great joy to have found a way to realise that career aspiration. Being a part of the Academy resonates with the transformative educational models I experienced as a ‘plus two’ student at Rishi Valley. I see a lot of commonalities in purpose, and I feel at home here because of that. Furthermore, the students here are encouraged to demonstrate values of pluralism, ethics, global citizenship and service, and these values resonate with me as a person.”

Kamini first came to the Academy as a volunteer during the first kite festival in 2016, while on vacation from Kabul where she was working with a technology media start-up. “As I had never worked in a school before, it has been challenging and rewarding to adapt my existing skill-set to a new and dynamic environment. Schools are exciting places to work, as they are spaces of learning and have so much going on at any one point in time.”

While here, she has been instrumental in setting up a weekly global cinema club for residential students and a journalism club that has grown over the last six months to a committed group of about 15 students. Being able to interact with students and contribute to the cultivation of writing and reporting skills amongst them, she says, has been truly satisfying. “My role encompasses a broad and exciting spectrum of responsibility. I work closely with the senior leadership team, as well as faculty and students, and this integral element of collaboration makes the job that much more fulfilling.”

‘Saturday School’@ the Academy – 17 September 2016

Academy Junior School will celebrate International Dot Day this week with a global commemoration of creativity, courage and collaboration through creative activities.

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DP 2 students share their summer internship journeys at virtual showcase

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Mr Malik Kotadia addresses students on education and pluralism at the Meridian School in Hyderabad

Mr Malik addresses students on education and pluralism at the Meridian School in Hyderabad

Grade 3 students showcase "How we express ourselves"

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