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The
Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKES, K)
The Aga Khan Education Services is committed to achieving
excellence through continuous improvement of its programmes,
services and processes. Offering a superior education
to students is perhaps the most important factor in
creating a successful future for generations that will
have to cope with a rapidly changing environment. The
main characteristics of the work of the Aga Khan
Education Services are:
- the continuing pursuit of excellence in educational
practice and management in diverse and challenging
settings
- child-centred teaching methods
- a special emphasis on female education;
and
- school-based teacher training.
AKES, K operates a total of 13 schools in Nairobi,
Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret, from nursery to
senior secondary education in both the national
and international curricula.
A central office manned by professional educators,
financial staff and specialists in information
technology supports 380 teachers in overseeing
the education of some 6,000 students. The central
office collaborates with the schools in developing
quality programmes, as well as ensuring financial
and administrative discipline.
AKES,K invests heavily in the training of its teachers.
Teacher exchange programmes with the Phillips Academy
in the US, as well as Masters degree programmes in education
with British universities and with the Aga Khan University
in Karachi are supplemented by ongoing, in-house, in-service,
programmes for all levels of teachers and school leaders.
AKES,K also works closely with the government
education sector by way of School Improvement
Programmes (SIPs). Funded through the AKF and
international donor agencies, these programmes
have had a beneficial effect on more than 200
schools in the western and coastal provinces of
Kenya by improving the quality of teaching in
government primary schools.
Teachers are provided with classroom-based training
and are encouraged to use child-centred methodologies
in their teaching. The SIP model of improvement
has received international and local recognition
for its ability to influence the direction of
national education, thus enhancing AKES' role
as a change agent in education in Kenya.
For more information, visit the Aga
Khan Development Network website.
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