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Curriculum | Co-Curricular
Activities | Career
Guidance |
The School follows the Tanzanian
National Curriculum, both for O and A levels.
The School curriculum is continuously being
enriched to ensure students receive a balanced
educational experience. The following subjects
are offered at O levels:
- English
- French
- Kiswahili
- History
- Geography
- Civics
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Commerce
- Book Keeping
- Computers
At A -Levels the following subject combinations
are offered:
- Economics, Commerce, Accountancy (ECA)
- Physics, Chemistry, Biology (PCB)
- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM)
In January 2005, the school introduced
a new curriculum that leads to the IGCSE examinations
at Grade 11. The International General Certificate
of Secondary Education (IGCSE) Examinations
are administered by CIE, University of Cambridge
International Examinations, which is part of
the University of Cambridge Local Examinations
Syndicate (UCLES).
IGCSE provides
a foundation for higher-level courses such as:
GCE A-Levels, the Advanced International Certificate
of Education (AICE) Diploma, North American Advanced
Placement Test and the IB International Baccalaureate
Diploma.
The IGCSE curriculum programme at Mzizima is
taken over a period of two academic years in
Grade 10 and Grade 11. The exam is taken in
May/June.
Students at Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary
School make their subject choices for the IGCSE
from the following list:
| Group I Languages |
English
French
Kiswahili
- GCE O Level |
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| Group II
Humanities and Social Sciences |
Economics
Geography
History |
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| Group III Sciences |
Biology
Chemistry
Physics |
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| Group IV Mathematics |
Mathematics
Additional Mathematics |
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Group V Business, Creative,
Technical and Vocational |
Business Studies
Art and Design
Accounting
Computer Studies |
Students choose a total of eight subjects with
at least one subject from each group. All subjects
are to be taken at the extended level. The achievement
grades available at extended level are A. B.
C. D., A. B. C. being O-level equivalent grades.
An ICE (International Certificate
of Education) is awarded to candidates who
pass in seven subjects including 2 from Group
I and one from each group II to V. The seventh
subject may be from any of the syllabus groups.
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School has been inspected
by a British Council Exam Manager on behalf
of CIE of Cambridge University. Subsequent to
that examination, the School was recommended
as an IGSCE centre and as a school able to offer
the IGCSE curriculum programme. The facilities
at Mzizima Secondary School , including science
laboratories, a well-stocked library, a Computer
Centre, text books, classrooms and a team of
committed trained teachers with many years of
professional experience, are well-suited to
the IGSCE,
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