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The Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar Es Salaam - Tanzania
     
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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
Group II Humanities and Social Sciences Economics
Geography
History
Group III Sciences Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Group IV Mathematics Mathematics
Additional Mathematics
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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