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The Aga Khan Approach
The Diamond Jubilee High School for Girls, 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
Girls. 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 1,350 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
Secondary: 7:00 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Primary: 12:50 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Parents and Teachers Association
The School functions in a friendly and secular
environment that 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) promoting a closer relationship between
home and the school. There are separate Associations
for the Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary sections,
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 our
orientation programmes give parents and students
an opportunity to interact, feedback and exchange
ideas with School management. The School encourages
parents to be involved in the social and emotional
development of their child. The focus lies in
developing parents as critical partners, who actively
contribute to the effective functioning of the
School.
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