To facilitate the teaching and learning process, the
Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School, Karachi’s
prescribed curriculum but enriches the education with
a variety of national and international educational
practices.
The School curriculum 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.
Education is no longer treated as individual subjects
such as Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology or Economics.
Instead, similar subjects are clustered and redefined
as a learning area bringing a holistic approach to education.
The School's Learning Framework
Early Childhood Development Programme (ECD)
A four-year Early Childhood Development programme facilitates
development during a child’s crucial growing years
(3 - 6 years) through innovative curriculum, a caring
environment and child-focused pedagogy. Children are
encouraged to explore and nurture their potential in
the following learning areas:
- Early Cognition and Emerging Literacy
- Emerging Numeracy
- Child Care and Social, Personal and Moral Development
- Musical and Artistic Development.
Junior-Secondary Curriculum
An eight-year junior secondary programme provides several
exciting, inspiring and thought-provoking opportunities
for students to enhance their knowledge, skills and
attitudes in the following areas:
- Language Development (English, Urdu and provincial
/ local)
- Logical Mathematical Development
- Development of the knowledge and understanding of
the environment and the world
- Development of the aesthetic sense through Arts
and other modes
- Moral Development
- Social and Personal Development
- Health and Physical Development
- Development of Critical Thinking.
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