Aga Khan School, Dhaka

Infobox Private School
border = #006633
name =The Aga Khan School Dhaka


established =1988
type =Private Primary (Play Group to Class 2), Junior (Class 3 to Class 6), Senior (Class 7 to Class 12)
head_name =Principal
head =Mr. George G. Kays
city =Dhaka
country =Bangladesh
enrollment =1,140
faculty =103
homepage = [http://www.agakhanschools.org/bangladesh/aksd/default.asp www.agakhanschools.org] [http://www.aksalumni.org/ AKS Dhaka Alumni Assoc.] |

The Aga Khan School, Dhaka, is an English Medium School, under the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). It is one of the earliest English Medium schools in Bangladesh. The school has a substantial reputation locally in both academics and athletics. The Aga Khan School was found in 1988, in a small campus in Siddeshwari, Dhaka. The school is currently situated in Uttara, Dhaka.

The Aga Khan School was founded in 1988. The school first started with 14 students and 7 teaching staff. The AKDN funded the creation of the school. Later on, the school building was shifted to Uttara, with a larger premises.

The Aga Khan School, Dhaka has a student body of 1,140 and a faculty of 103 teachers. The School offers education from Preschool to Higher secondary levels (Playgroup, Nursery, Kindergarten I & II and Grades 1 to 12), following the British national curriculum, leading to GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced level examinations. The school is in the process of moving to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Curriculum, which will be conducted at new premises at Basundhara, Dhaka. The institute offering the IB will be named The Aga Khan Academy.

The current Head of School is Mr. George G. Kays. The current Chairman of the Board is Mr. Suleiman Ajanee. The school organises annual events, functions and concerts. The school is most successful in the academic sphere. Every year, the Ordinary and Advanced Level examinees of Aga Khan School perform impressively in the said exams, as evidenced by their presence in impressive numbers at the Daily Star Awards for schools following the British national curriculum.

The proposed Aga Khan Academy has been in the pipeline for several years, and the Aga Khan Education Service, Bangladesh (AKES,B) have obtained pre-authorisation from the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) to implement the IB Primary Years Program (IB-PYP) in pre-school (Play Group and Nursery), Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 5.

His Highness, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, on his recent visit to Bangladesh, laid the foundation stone for the Aga Khan Academy in Basundhara, Dhaka. This will be a full-fledged IBO authorised school offering the Primary Years Program (PYP), the Middle Years Program (MYP) for Grades 6 to 10, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB-DP) for students in Grades 11 and 12. The Academy will have International Academic Partnership (IAP) agreements with Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, USA and Schule Schloss Salem in Salem, Germany. However, little construction has been completed and the academy is not expected to be inaugurated in the near-future.

ee also

*List of Aga Khan Schools
*Aga Khan Education Services
*Aga Khan Development Network
*Aga Khan Academies

External links

*cite web |url=http://www.agakhanschools.org/bangladesh/aksd/default.asp |title=The Aga Khan School, Dhaka - Bangladesh |accessdate=2006-11-14
*cite web |url=http://www.agakhanschools.org/ |title=The Aga Khan Schools |accessdate=2006-11-14
*cite web |url=http://www.akdn.org |title=The Aga Khan Development Network |accessdate=2006-11-14
*cite web |url=http://www.aksalumni.org/ |title=The Aga Khan School Dhaka Alumni Association |accessdate = 2006-12-17