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The Aga Khan Education Service, Tajikistan
The Aga Khan Education Service, Tajikistan began its operations under the auspices of the Aga Khan Education Fund in 1997. The Fund's goal was to improve the teaching of English language and Market Economics at institutions of higher learning in Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.
In Phase One, trainers were successfully trained in the United Kingdom. Phase Two will see these trainers teaching a cohort of 300 university and high school teachers in the two disciplines.
In addition to its support for the emergency assistance programme to Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan, AKES is establishing model schools in the province's capital, Khorog, and in Osh in the neighbouring Kyrgyz Republic, to serve as regional centres of excellence.
Through the partnerships with the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development, International Academic Partnership and the Phillips Academy, Andover, several of the teachers have attended training and developmental workshops both locally and abroad.
AKES, Tajikistan collaborates with five government schools in the GBAO districts. This collaboration includes professional development, facility refurbishment and the provision of basic equipment and resources. It aims to improve the quality of education in these schools and build linkages with the Aga Khan Lycée.
Currently, the major initiatives throughout the system include:
- the introduction of computers and distance learning to supplement teaching and improve learning methods
- the improvement of physical infrastructure, particularly of community-based schools
- advanced teacher training through the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development
- an East African education initiative to facilitate coordination of programmes, identification of best practices and quality educational initiatives, advancement of policy dialogue on privatization of schools, improvement in teacher training and retention and acceleration of computer-assisted educational methods
- development of English language and economics programmes at selected universities in Central Asia, through the Aga Khan Education Fund
collaboration with a leading private school in the USA - Phillips Academy, Andover - to improve AKES programmes in science, mathematics, economics, English language and technology.
