"What students know is no longer the most important measure of an education. The true test is the ability of students and graduates to engage with what they do not know, and to work out a solution."
– His Highness the Aga Khan

Our goal is to instil in each student the desire to acquire knowledge as part of a balanced, lifelong process of inquiry. This, in turn, leads to their intellectual and personal growth.

In addition to mastering core subjects, our students acquire the skills, worldview, integrity and confidence to adapt to new challenges. To help students develop these skills, we encourage them to pursue projects in their classrooms based on sound inquiry, careful analysis and informed research.

Practical problem solving

We offer Product Design as well as Digital Design within the umbrella of Design as prescribed by the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. These courses are designed to teach students the skill of problem solving, both real and perceived. In the early years, a guided approach is used with more or less generic solutions. In later years, students explore possibilities based on the needs of clients and emergent target reach. As part of the requirements, students create a physical solution while taking into consideration the properties of the materials they employ.

Students follow a problem-solving process, which includes:

• Analysing the problem
• Designing a solution and producing specifications of a product to address the need 
• Developing various designs and rating them based on the specifications
• Developing and implementing a plan for production of the design selected
• Evaluating the product for use and functionality 

Students are also expected to provide supporting written documentation.

Promoting excellence in teaching and learning, both on campus and more broadly, is a fundamental goal of the Aga Khan Academies. Each Academy has a Professional Development Centre (PDC), which strengthens the profession of teaching in the region by investing substantially in teachers’ professional development.

Developing strength in teaching

We identify and develop teachers of the highest quality who are committed both to the all-round development of young people and to their own professional growth as excellent teachers.

Our PDC supports excellence in teaching by promoting best practices in teaching and learning. We provide ongoing, collaborative training for Academy faculty as well as outreach programmes for teachers and head teachers from neighbouring government, private and not-for-profit schools.

Our faculty members also have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across the globe and to teach abroad within the Aga Khan Academies network.

Strengthening curriculum and community

Through our professional development provision, we help create a professional community of competent, well-resourced teachers.

These teachers will continue to support and collaborate with one another on materials development, by sharing best practices, and in establishing diverse academic, cultural and social projects.

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