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Week Day Tours of the Academy
Official Academy tours of the campus occur each week day starting at 10.00am. Please report to the main Reception area before the departure time. All welcome.
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The Aga Khan Academy Team: Swimming to Success
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The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa has been awarded IB Status by the International Body
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The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, offers an education of an internationally recognized standard of excellence to prepare students to become intellectually curious, global-minded citizens of the world, committed to positive change and equipped with the habits of mind to analyze and understand complex issues of local, national, and global significance.
The International Baccalaureate is renowned for preparing students for admission to the best universities in their own countries and abroad.The Aga Khan Academies’ educational curriculum is built upon the framework of the globally renowned International Baccalaureate (IB). The IB is a thorough, multi-disciplinary curriculum that fosters intellectual curiosity, creativity, leadership development, social consciousness and a pluralistic sensibility. The IB is also renowned for preparing students for admission to the best universities in their own countries and abroad.
The curriculum focuses on the development of critical thinking and analysis of issues with an emphasis on multi-cultural understanding and awareness. The curriculum is complemented with co-curricular, athletic and community- service initiatives and the overall educational programme is designed to educate well-rounded, civic-minded individuals. It is designed to enhance students’ academic excellence, their sense of civic responsibility, their understanding of global issues, and their analytical and study skills. The programme also reinforces an understanding of, and great sensitivity to, local languages, history, cultures and environment.
Upon graduation for the Aga Khan Academy students are expected to have mastered at least two languages, including English, to be computer literate, and to have a thorough understanding and background in the diverse academic disciplines of the IB curriculum. Graduates are thus well prepared for the rigours of higher education and to pursue opportunities in an increasingly interdependent world.
