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Aga Khan Education Service,
Bangladesh
The Aga Khan Education Service (AKES)
is considered one of the country’s leading
providers of quality education. A volunteer Board
of Directors manage the non-profit organization.
Financial surpluses re-invested so as to continuously
enhance education.
On 13 December 1987, His Highness the Aga
Khan appointed the pioneer members of the
Education Board. A three-phase development plan
was formulated. The Aga Khan provided
a grant and the Aga Khan Foundation
funded the School’s major capital expenditure.
Operational costs were partially covered by school
fees.
A small formal institution was established to educate
youth, based on the British Certification System
with English as the language of instruction. The
School offered Class Nine (O Level) through to Class
12 (A Level) education. From its earliest days,
the School was equipped with a science laboratory
and a library for its 25 students, seven teachers
and Acting Principal, Mr Mohiuddin Babar.
Upon completing Phase One, AKES proceeded to identify
a temporary School building. The AKES secured a
purpose-built school and in August 1990, 50 students,
15 teachers and the Acting Principal, Mr Babar,
moved in to their new Uttara premises. Shortly after,
Mr Zul Khoja, a Canadian National, was appointed
as Principal of the Aga Khan School,
Dhaka.
In May 1993, the Aga Khan signed a
Protocol Agreement with the Government of Bangladesh
establishing the Aga Khan Education
Service in the country.
From 1994 - 1997, Canadian Kenneth McCaffery was
Principal. Since 1997, Mr George G. Kays, also a
Canadian National, has led the reins.
Recently, the Aga Khan Education Service
secured a 15-acre site for the construction of an
Aga Khan Academy. The new purpose-bullt school will
feature student-centred teaching and learning environments
designed to stimulate the joy of inquiry, and a
broad, multidisciplinary education with an emphasis
on the humanities.
For more information on the Aga Khan Academies,
please see the Academies
page.
For more information, visit the Aga
Khan Development Network website. |
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