AKA Hyderabad IB School Profile 2023-2024
Hyderabad PYP Literature & Theatre fest - Friday 17th November
10 PYP schools will attend the annual fest celebrating storytelling through various media, from 10am - 1pm. Open to all!
Students from Telangana Social Welfare Residential School get admission at the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad
After a careful analysis of the Talent Identification data, all assessments were held before the lockdown, the Academy has finalised and offered a place to two candidates for the academic year 2020-21. These two students will be fully sponsored by donors, who have generously agreed to fund their education from Grade 7 through to graduation.
Fee Structure
Please click here to download the Fee Structure for the 2024-25 academic year.
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- A one-time, non-refundable admission fee is payable for students enrolling for the first time. The admission fee must be paid to secure a place for a child at the Academy. This cannot be deferred or paid in instalments. The due date is one week after the offer has been accepted.
- A one-time refundable security deposit is also payable on acceptance of admission and should be paid together with the admission fee mentioned above. It is refundable when a student leaves the Academy as long as the required notice has been given in writing and “No Dues” clearance is obtained from the Academy. No interest is payable on this deposit.
- A sibling discount on a tuition fee of 5% will be applicable for second and subsequent children.
- The total fees for the academic year may be paid in full with an early-payment discount of 3% on or before 31 July 2024.
- The fee is payable on due dates as mentioned in the invoice/memo for the services.
- The Academy will charge a monthly surcharge of 2% on outstanding dues older than 30 days. In case the full fee that is due is not paid within one month period following the deadline, the student will not be allowed to attend classes or participate in other activities undertaken by the Academy.
- The Total Fee includes course fees, use of essential course books, library books, IT and science laboratory equipment and certain classroom supplies. The fees do not include uniform costs.
- Exam Fees for the IB Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme will be billed separately based on the actual fee issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).
- Parents of returning students will be invoiced four to six weeks prior to the new Academic Year.
- The Academy does not accept cash for Fee payments. All payments must be made by Direct Bank Deposit, Bank Transfer, Cheque or Demand Draft even if the payment is being made by a third party such as a sponsoring organization. Parents must provide the Finance Office (finance@agakhanacademies.org), with a hard or an electronic copy of proof of payment showing the student's full name and the student identification number within 15 days of fund transfer for issuance of payment receipt. The absence of this information may delay crediting the fees reflected on your account in our system.
- Parents are responsible for ensuring that the fee payments are made into the correct bank account of the Academy. In the event of any change in bank account details, the changes will be communicated to parents in writing via official communication from the Academy with new payment bank details.
- If a student wishes to leave the Academy, one term’s advance notice of withdrawal must be given in writing, or one term’s worth of the annual fees will be due and payable. School clearance will not be possible until all outstanding dues are settled in full. Please refer to the points for withdrawal under number 12 in the PDF document above.
- The Academy reserves the right to withhold results, school certificates, transcripts or any other information and/or documents until all outstanding dues are settled in full.
- Admitted students, who demonstrate financial need and duly fill in and submit the application along with required supporting documents within the stipulated time, can be considered for Financial Aid. An independent Financial Aid Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving any request for Financial Aid by students.
- The above terms and conditions may be modified or new terms may apply to reflect changes in the law or our services. For further information, please contact us at admissions.hyderabad@agakhanacademies.org.
- Please note that the Fee Structure is subject to annual review.
Education expo in Patna - Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th November
AKA Hyderabad will be participating at the Prestigious Schools Exhibition between 10am - 7pm at the Lemon Tree Premiere. We look forward to seeing you!
Maike Silver: Cultivating Young Minds to Truly Make a Difference
Ask Maike Silver, Junior School Principal at the Aga Khan Academy in Maputo, Mozambique, what attracted her to teach at the Academy.
“The vision and mission of the Academy,” she states simply. “The vision to inspire young people into becoming future leaders of their countries. To actually have the ethical persuasion to make a difference in the lives of their countrymen.”
Originally from Germany, Maike says it was her father’s voluntary work in her hometown that swayed her into the teaching profession. “I was 12 years old when I started helping my dad coach young swimmers at our local hometown club. Ever since then, I have wanted to work with children and young people.”
Starting her teaching career at a German-American International School in California as an Early Years Specialist, Maike worked for 17 years, before embarking on her international educator journey, first to Cebu, Philippines, and then onto Maputo, Mozambique. She started working at AKA Maputo in 2018.
While she applauds the International Baccalaureate (IB) framework the Academy uses to guide teaching and learning, Maike also values the Aga Khan Curricular Strands of ethics, pluralism, economics for development, cultures, governance, and civil society. These play an important role in her instruction.
“It is these added leadership and stewardship attributes that empower students to care for their communities and that also provide a concentrated focus on local issues,” she states with conviction.
One of Maike’s main goals is to create an environment in which learning can be a positive and transformative experience and make a meaningful impact on students. Aware that young people flourish academically and emotionally in a constructive environment, Maike goes to great lengths to demand discipline for behaviours that maintain reverence and a sense of community and family in which every student feels valued. She feels strong peer relationships are important as are mutual trust and respect between students and between students and teachers.
“In order to be a great teacher several factors need to be in place,” Maike says with authority. “The classroom environment needs to be one of mutual respect where teachers and students connect and together create expectations for behaviour that uphold dignity, and a sense of caring for each other and a passion for learning,” she states solemnly.
In her opinion, teaching is one of the hardest and yet one of the most rewarding professions. “Being a teacher is a difficult occupation as it requires a tremendous amount of energy to keep children engaged in their learning as well as show compassion for all categories of different learners. The job entails diplomacy and resilience when dealing with the different demands from parents, students and administrators.”
Aware of the importance of being prepared before teaching a class, Maike states emphatically that a teacher needs to plan activities and strategies with a strong sense of commitment in order to inspire students.
“The teacher needs to plan engaging activities that have a clear sense of purpose and where the outcome can be assessed. At the same time, the teacher needs to be responsive to the needs of students and must be flexible in their planning. This requires a teacher to be open-minded and reflective,” she notes.
If Maike carries a sense of manifest destiny for her students, she credits the Academy’s IB curriculum of a holistic education. Saying it is critical for educators to train students to think critically and creatively, and to be able to transfer their knowledge to real-life situations, she quotes Ernest LeRoy Boyer, who was a distinguished American educator, who once said “To be truly educated, a student must …make connections across the disciplines, discover ways to integrate subjects and ultimately relate what they learn to life."
Maike has savored every moment of being part of the AKA Maputo family. “I feel it is a tremendous honour and responsibility to be part of creating sustainable systems for a newly-developing Academy. I hope to leave behind a legacy of having been a kind, compassionate and effective leader who played an essential part in providing our young leaders of the future with the highest quality of education that prepares them to enact positive change in the world they inhabit.”
Written by Perviz Walji
Academy Senior School Newsletter - August 2018
Read the August 2018 edition of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad Senior School newsletter.
New Enrichment Timings
Enrichment days will be scheduled within school days on every Monday and Wednesday. Buses will depart from the Academy at 3:30 PM on all school days (Monday-Friday).
International School Library Week Celebrations
Senior School Visual Arts Exhibition
