Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa
| The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa |
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| Mombasa, Kenya |
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| Coordinates | 4°04′35″S 39°40′08″E / 4.076292°S 39.668975°ECoordinates: 4°04′35″S 39°40′08″E / 4.076292°S 39.668975°E |
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| Type | Private Primary, Secondary, Senior |
| Established | 2003 |
| Website | www.agakhanschools.org |
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa is part of a network of schools, called Aga Khan Academies.
The Academy offers an education with an emphasis on the humanities. Students study subjects that include history; literature; the general sciences comprising physics, biology and chemistry; philosophy and ethics; foreign language and the study of foreign cultures; comparative religion; the history, theory and criticism of the arts; and the social sciences, including political science, government and global economics.
Admission is based solely on merit. It is also means-blind - that is, selection is based not on the ability to pay but on merit determined by criteria, including academic strengths and potential.
[edit] Curriculum
The academy is implementing the Primary Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate system. The Programme is for students aged 5-11 in grades 1-6. In January 2005, The Aga Khan Academy (Junior), Mombasa, received "Candidate School" status from the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).
The Programme for students in the Middle Years, ages 11-16, offers Key Stage 3 (Grades 7-9) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) (Grades 10-11). IGCSE, one of the Cambridge International Examinations, is internationally recognised as equivalent to the UK GCSE and the International GCE O level examinations. IGCSE (core or extended curriculum) is taken in five subject groups: languages, humanities, sciences, mathematics and creative, technical and vocational. In due course, Key Stage 3 and IGCSE will be replaced with the Middle Years Programme (MYP) of the IBO.
At the Senior School, the Academy is incorporating the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP) for students aged 16-18. This is a two-year course of study that prepares students for university. All DP students study languages, a social science, an experimental science, mathematics and an arts subject. Each student’s performance is evaluated by independent examiners and measured by his or her levels of knowledge and skills relative to set standards applied to all schools.
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa is an IB World School. It began introducing the IB Diploma Programme in September 2005. The IB has become the curriculum of choice at international schools and academies worldwide. It is accepted by over 1700 universities around the world, including those in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and in many other regions.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- "The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa". http://www.agakhanschools.org/kenya/akam/. Retrieved 2006-11-14.[dead link]
- "Brochure for the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa" (PDF). http://www.akdn.org/akes/MombasaBrochure.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- "Inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa". http://www.akdn.org/akes/akes_mombasa.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- "The Aga Khan Schools". http://www.agakhanschools.org/. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- "The Aga Khan Development Network". http://www.akdn.org/. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
