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The Aga Khan Academy, NairobiP.O. Box 44424-00100, 1st Parklands Avenue, off Limuru Road, Nairobi, KenyaJunior: +254 0733 758 510, Senior: +254 |
infos@akesk.org; infoj@akesk.orgwww.agakhanschools.org/kenya/akan/index |
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| School type |
Co-educational Day |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Status | Private |
| Head of Senior School | Ms. Eva Pillossof |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Co-ed Age Range | 3-19 years |
| Number of pupils | 1,020 |
| Authorised IB Programmes | IBDP, IBMYP, IBPYP |
| Diploma Coordinator | Mr. William Wanyonyi |
| MYP Coordinator | Ms. Irene Simiyu |
| PYP Coordinator | Ms. Dorcas Kisilu |
| Associations | AISA, IB |
About Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi
Established in 1970, the Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi is a private, co-educational school located in the Parklands suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. The Aga Khan Nursery School is located on a separate campus on Kipande Road, at the bottom of Museum Hill in Nairobi.
Together, our schools have an enrolment of over 1,000 students and are authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme.
Mission statement
Enable many generations of students to acquire both the knowledge and the essential spiritual wisdom needed to balance that knowledge and enable their lives to attain the highest fulfilment.
School Overview
The Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi (AKA) Nairobi is the only school in Kenya authorized to offer a continuum of the International Baccalaureate curriculum (IB) from Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), to Diploma Programme (DP). With over 1000 students, the AKA, Nairobi is a multi-cultural school with a variety of nationalities represented in our student and teaching faculty.
The Aga Khan Academy, in keeping with the IB philosophy, 'touches hearts as well as minds'. Our students not only learn to be knowledgeable, open-minded thinkers, inquirers, principled, risk takers, well-balanced, and caring but also to be leaders and stewards.
Examination results
The Aga Khan Academy provides an outstanding academic education and enables students to fulfil their potential. Although the Aga Khan Nursery School does not have a grading system, it typically holds an annual graduation and exhibition celebrating the completion of the Early Years PYP.
Curriculum offered
The IB curriculum enables students to learn using a transdisciplinary and an interdisciplinary approach and to develop critical thinking, creativity and internationalmindedness - identified by leading educators globally as some of the necessary skills for the 21st Century learning. Our curriculum combines academic excellence with athletics and visual performing arts programmes.
Admission
Admission is based primarily on merit determined by a wide range of criteria, including academic strengths and overall potential.
Examinations offered
MYP eAssessment, IB Diploma Programme (IB DP) Facilities ICT resource centres, STEAM, Robotics Lab in junior school, film studio, music rooms, art rooms, science labs, well-resourced libraries, heated pool, wireless connectivity, data projectors in classrooms, a makerspace for the junior school and a well-resourced SEN and Guidance & Counselling room.