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 Nursery School, Makerere was established in 1994. With seven classes in total, students are enrolled from Playgroup (two years old) to Pre-Primary (six years old) levels.

The School has 210 students with 18 teaching staff, making the teacher -pupil ratio approximately 1:12. This ratio makes for effective monitoring of individual child progress and group work. The ratio is in accordance with the Government of Uganda and international standards.

The School is part of the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES). AKES 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, Gwadur 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.

The Aga Khan Nursery School Parents Club
This year, parents pioneered the inaugural Nursery School Parents Club. Collectively, parents discuss and plan a variety of interesting issues that affect their children in the school and at home. Issues previously addressed include dealing with common illnesses in young children and temper tantrums.

The Parents Club is also an avenue for parents to share their concerns, views, suggestions and support to the School’s in extra-curricular activities. All parents are welcome to join the Club.

School Timings
Children arrive from 7:30am - 8:30am and classes begin promptly at 8:30am. There is a mid-morning break from 10:30am to 11:00am, each child is given a wholesome and nutritious snack (includes fruit and drink). Classes end at 12:30pm.