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 300 teachers in overseeing the education of some 5,000 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.

For more info rmation, visit the Aga Khan Development Network website.