The Aga Khan Approach
The Aga Khan School 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
The Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gilgit (AKHSS)
was established in April 1998. The School proudly
bears the prestigious name of the Aga Khan. The
foundations of the present education system were
laid by Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan, III,
who established over 200 schools during the 20th
century, the first in 1905 in Zanzibar, followed
by schools in Dar es Salaam in 1906 and in Mundra,
in India, in 1907.
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, Gwadar 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 Population
The school has a total student population of
525 male students in Grades 8 to 12. From 2003,
the Commerce Stream was introduced to complement
the Science stream (Pre-Engineering and Pre-Medical)
at the Higher Secondary School Level. There
are 21 faculty and 15 non-teaching staff in
the School.
Aims and Objectives
The Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gilgit aims
to:
- provide high quality education to a selected
group of gifted students from the Northern
Areas and Chitral who have the potential to
compete with the best students nationally
and internationally
- prepare these students for admissions to
the best institutions of higher learning
- enable them to compete successfully with
candidates for prestigious career opportunities
in the civil and military institutions of
the country
- provide the students with stimulating learning
opportunities for intellectual growth as well
as an environment that nurtures future leaders
- engage the students in a variety of intellectual,
physical and social activities that can contribute
to developing their overall personality.
Parent-Teacher Activities
Parental involvement includes orientation sessions,
regular parent-teacher meetings, open days and
one-to-one conferencing. Through circulars and
letters parents and other community members
are informed about school news, policies and
procedures. Parents are invited to various school
events and functions throughout the year and
are always welcome to suggest ways to improve
the school and its environment.
School Song
Composed by Dr. Mir Baiz Khan (The Founding Principal and Commissioning
Officer)
Aga Khan Higher Secondary School
Aga Khan Higher Secondary School
We are proud of thee
Our will is strong our aims are high
We will make you a place for the world to see
You are a gift a blessing for the North
In your arms we will think high and free
Our will is strong our aims are high
We will make you a place for the world to see
Thou are a place to be, a place to learn
We are learners a family of thee
Our will is strong our aims are high
We will make you a place for the world to see
We’ll give rise to a light, a vision of the North through thee
Our will is strong our aims are high
We will make you a place for the world to see
Aga Khan Higher Secondary School
Aga Khan Higher Secondary School
We are proud of thee
Our will is strong our aims are high
We will make you a place for the world to see.
