The Aga Khan Approach
The Diamond Jubilee High School for Boys, Mumbai strives to create a harmonious balance between academic demands, sporting and cultural activities and community life. It challenges its pupils to be intellectually inquisitive and socially conscious. The School believes that while what students know is important, the true measure of a student’s education is the ability to analyse what they do not know.

Developing critical thinking and analysis is therefore at the core of the School’s mission. The School also encourages students to respect and appreciate other people’s cultures, social structures, values and beliefs. Taken together, these objectives are designed to help equip children with the tools they will need to make their way in school, society and an increasingly interdependent world.

School History
In 1947, following India's Independence from the British, Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III, established the Diamond Jubilee High School for Boys. Over the years, the School has established itself as an institution offering quality education to children of varied backgrounds and cultures. The School is recognized by the Maharashtra State Education Department. It currently has 1,288 students from the pre-primary to Grade 10. To ensure quality teaching-learning processes in the classroom and to enhance performance, the School appoints additional teachers per division at all levels. It also invests heavily in teacher training and development, educational resources, classroom equipment and infrastructure.

The School is part of the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES). It has a long tradition of leadership in educational development. The foundations of the present system were laid by Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Aga Khan III, under whose guidance over 200 schools were established during the first half of the 20th century, the first of them in 1905 in Zanzibar, Gwadur in Pakistan and Mundra in India. Since the creation of Aga Khan Education Service companies in the 1970s, the schools have been centrally administered and managed.

AKES currently operates more than 300 schools and advanced educational programmes that provide quality pre-school, primary, secondary and higher secondary education services to more than 54,000 students in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Uganda, Tanzania and Tajikistan. Schools are also envisaged, or under development, in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique and Syria.

School timings
The school operates from 8.05 a.m. to 2.10 p.m. from Monday to Friday (Primary and Secondary sections). The pre-Primary works in 2 shifts: the morning shift begins at 8.30 a.m. and the afternoon shift begins at 12 noon.

Parent-Teacher Association
The School supports and encourages an on-going partnership between the School, parents and management. The School regularly seeks parental co-operation and assistance through the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), which promotes a closer relationship between home and the School. There are separate Associations for the Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary sections, which are elected annually according to State Education Department stipulations. PTA members assist the School in:

• reviewing the School's progress through Parent Development Meetings (PDMs)
• effectively communicating between the School and parents
• supporting the School's various activities and initiatives, e.g.,organizing social events for students.

The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and orientation programmes give parents and students an opportunity to interact, supply feedback and exchange ideas with School management. Parents are encouraged to be involved in the social and emotional development of their child. Our focus lies in developing parents as critical partners, actively contributing to the effective functioning of the School.