Stonehill International School Hosts Mosaic 2022, a Humanities Fair and Competition
Mosaic is a Humanities Fair that brings talented young people interested in business, economics, history, geography and psychology together to innovate, create, compete and learn! This year’s event was sponsored by Hult International Business School and took place at Stonehill International School in Bangalore. We’re thrilled that four of our students, Sujith Venkata Bandaru, Ayaan Lalani, Zamaan Merchant and Sannihitha Chilupuri bagged the first prize.
Applications for admissions to the Academic Year 2025-26 are now open!
The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad is now accepting applications for admission to the upcoming academic year, starting in August 2025.
At the Academy, meritorious students from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities come together as a close-knit community, nurturing values of pluralism and ethical leadership. We are dedicated to empowering future leaders with a holistic education and a global perspective.
Excited? Please apply!
Access the forms here: https://www.agakhanacademies.org/hyderabad/application-forms.
Aga Khan Curricular Strands
The Aga Khan Academies aim to develop young people who will have the capacity to lead and to build strong civil democratic societies. As part of achieving this vision, the Academies have enhanced their curriculum with specific areas of focus known as the Aga Khan Curricular Strands (AK Strands).
The AK Strands aim to strengthen understandings and dispositions needed by leaders of the future. They encompass five critical areas of study:
- Ethics
- Pluralism
- Cultures (with an emphasis on Muslim civilisations)
- Governance and Civil Society
- Economics for Development
The five AK Strands
Two of the AK Strands, Ethics and Pluralism, help students develop values and attitudes required by ethical leaders. Students both discuss these ideas in theory and put them into practice in their daily lives.
The other three AK Strands concentrate on ideas that are integral to the functioning of societies, and in particular on issues related to societies of the developing world.
Integration into school life
The Aga Khan Curricular Strands are not structured as additional subjects but rather are woven through the existing curriculum. They are also integrated into the broader functioning of the school.
For example, school policies, co-curricular activities and everyday school life are consciously considered through the lens of each Strand.
While the AK Strands examine issues of global importance, they are also tailored to the cultural context of each Academy, which ensures their local relevance. This allows students to engage with international issues and challenges while remaining strongly grounded in their local context.
Through the Aga Khan Academies Network, teachers and students will be able to explore the strands in different cultural contexts through visits and exchanges with other Academies.
Academy Campuses
The campus of each Aga Khan Academy is architect designed and purpose built, and features exceptional facilities for all aspects of student life. Each campus is designed by renowned architects and is tailored both to meet the needs of the school and to maximise the potential of the site.
Site selection and design
Site selection is a complex process that takes into account a number of factors. These include the urban context of the site, accessibility, infrastructure support and options for long-term expansion.
The site must be able to provide an environment that will be conducive to learning and living. It should also have the potential for creating a space that is inspiring and special for those who live, study and visit there.
The design process for an Academy campus takes into account best practices in facility design. This includes construction techniques that allow spaces to be used for multiple purposes, and classroom environments that are conducive to interactive learning.
Extensive facilities
Each Academy includes the following academic and resource areas:
- age and subject-appropriate classrooms
- well-equipped science and computer laboratories
- library and resource centres
- art and music rooms
- theatre
- design and technology workshop
- multipurpose hall
- religion and culture room
- career counselling facility
- Commons building, which houses the dining hall and an array of spaces for school activities. It is designed to be the hub of student activity, serving as the Academy’s main space for major school functions, including music and drama performances and public lectures.
The sports facilities are extensive and include:
- swimming pools
- sports fields, for example for soccer, hockey and athletics
- gymnasium for indoor sports such as basketball, badminton, volleyball, gymnastics
- tennis court, cricket pitch or ice-skating rink, as appropriate.
Residential accommodation
Residential facilities have been designed to accommodate students and dorm parents (teachers who have been selected and trained to live in the faculty apartments in the student residences).
Accommodation is available for Academy community members from both within the country and overseas, as well as those visiting or on exchange from other Academies. Additional teachers' quarters on campus house both resident and visiting faculty along with their families.
Application Forms
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 welcome enquiries about applying to the Academy. Our programmes are based on the principles and practices of the International Baccalaureate for primary and secondary-level students.
Please click here to see the admission requirements for all the Academy's programmes, including language requirements.
To access the online application service, please click on one of the options below.
Tours of the Academy
There’s no better way to get a feel for the Academy and student life than to come and visit our campus!
We invite you to visit us on weekdays from 9.00 am–1.00 pm. Take a day to gather all the information you need, ask all your questions, explore the campus, and chat with the admissions team. If you would like to schedule a tour, please make a prior appointment by email or phone.
For more information, please contact the admissions office.
Meet Our School Community
The students, faculty and parents of the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad are a socially conscious group of people committed to the development of their communities, their nation and civil society in the world at large. They understand that knowledge is a lifelong process of inquiry that leads to intellectual and personal growth. In this section we offer vignettes of members of the Academy family who are driven by the common goal of making a positive contribution to their society.
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa Newsletter - February 2012
Our Campus
Built on an 18-acre (7.3 hectare) site in the Kizingo area of Mombasa, the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa is a state-of-the-art facility inspired by Swahili architecture.
Our school is the first of a network of about 18 planned Academies offering the highest international standard of education to students in countries across Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East.
The campus has been specially designed by renowned architects and is purpose built. Our facilities include the following academic and resource areas:
- Subject and age-specific classrooms
- Well-equipped science and computer laboratories
- Library and resource centres
- Art and music rooms
- Design and technology workshops
- Multipurpose hall
- Religion and culture room
- Career counselling facility.
The Commons building houses the dining hall and an array of spaces for school activities. It is designed to be the hub of student activity, serving as the Academy’s main space for major school functions, including music and drama performances and public lectures.
Sports facilities
Our sports facilities are extensive and include:
- Swimming and diving pools
- Sports fields, for example for soccer, hockey and athletics, including floodlight capacity for nightime matches
- Gymnasium for indoor sports such basketball, badminton, volleyball, gymnastics
- Tennis courts
Residential accommodation
Our residential facilities have been designed to house students and dorm parents (teachers who have been selected and trained to live in the faculty apartments in the student residences). Accommodation is available for Academy community members from both within the country and overseas, as well as for those visiting or on exchange from another Aga Khan Academy. Additional teachers' quarters on campus house both resident and visiting faculty along with their families.
We invite you to visit the Academy to take a tour of our beautiful campus.
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa Newsletter - August 2012
