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Recognising the correlation between the quality of teacher education and socio-economic growth in the developing world, the Aga Khan University Institute of Educational Development offers teachers the skills and opportunities they need to excel. Since 1983, the Aga Khan University has been making a difference in the developing world by enabling promising young men and women to realize their potential and by creating innovative solutions to pressing problems. Read more at www.akdn.org/aku Photo: Teachers sitting an exam at Arua Core Primary Teachers’ Training College.
AKDN / Zahur Ramj
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Offering a more family-like environment, the childminders in Portugal participate in training provided by AKF’s Early Childhood Development staff allowing them to improve their skills in caring for young children.
AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura
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Educators at this school in Quetta, Pakistan, benefitted from training to develop their skills in the classroom – including this science lesson.
AKFC / Yasir Nisar
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The UCA Naryn Campus, Kyrgyz Republic. The University Library provides students access to a rich collection of books, periodicals and online databases. The University of Central Asia (UCA) is opening campuses at high altitude sites in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic (2016) and Khorog, Tajikistan (2017), and is preparing for construction in Tekeli, Kazakhstan.
AKDN / Gary Otte
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Through its Madrasa Early Childhood Programme (MECP), the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is supporting the creation of locally owned early childhood development centres in Uganda.
AKDN / Zahur Ramji
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Lecture Hall, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. Since 1983, the Aga Khan University has been making a difference in the developing world by enabling promising young men and women to realize their potential and by creating innovative solutions to pressing problems. Read more at www.akdn.org/aku
AKDN / Kohi Marri
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Education for Marginalized Children in Kenya (EMACK) aims to improve access and retention rates for primary school students in historically underserved groups, especially in Nairobi, Coast and North Eastern provinces. EMACK’s support for improved school management, which is implemented in partnership with other non-governmental organizations and Kenya’s Ministry of Education, ranges from developing mobile libraries for nomadic communities’ schools to teacher training and small grants for school improvement in urban settlements.
AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura
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The Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) in Nairobi, Kenya fosters an independent, socially diverse and responsible media and communications sector. The GSMC launched in 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya, as the first of seven planned AKU Graduate Professional Schools. Since 1983, the Aga Khan University has been making a difference in the developing world by enabling promising young men and women to realize their potential and by creating innovative solutions to pressing problems. Read more at www.akdn.org/aku
AKU / Teddy Mitchener
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A young girl at the Aga Khan School Booni, Chitral, Pakistan. 54% of the 27,000 AKES,P (Pakistan) students are girls. Building on a century of leadership in educational development, the Aga Khan Education Services operates more than 200 schools and educational programmes across Asia and Africa. More than 75,000 girls and boys are enrolled at these schools which offer the respective national curricula, and some countries also offer international curricula (IB and British programmes). Read more at www.akdn.org/akes
AKDN / Noor Fareed
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This school in Chitral, Pakistan, is one of 200 schools operated by the Network in Asia and Africa. Building on a century of leadership in educational development, the Aga Khan Education Services operates more than 200 schools and educational programmes across Asia and Africa. More than 75,000 girls and boys are enrolled at these schools which offer the respective national curricula, and some countries also offer international curricula (IB and British programmes). Read more at www.akdn.org/akes
AKDN / Noor Fareed
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The Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Building on a century of leadership in educational development, the Aga Khan Education Services operate more than 200 schools and educational programmes across Asia and Africa. More than 75,000 girls and boys are enrolled at these schools which offer the respective national curricula, and some countries also offer international curricula (IB and British programmes). Read more at www.akdn.org/akes
AKDN / Zahur Ramji
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Cultural development work in the Kyrgyz Republic focuses on music and music education as development instruments. The Music Initiative’s long-term partner, originally established by the Aga Khan Music Initiative, Bishkek-based Centre Ustatshakirt, operates throughout Kyrgyzstan’s seven regions in collaboration with educational institutions ranging from primary schools to universities. Photo: Students receive instruction on the komuz, Kyrgyzstan's most popular traditional instrument.
AKDN / AKMI
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The Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, India. The aim of the Aga Khan Academies is to develop future leaders with the skills and knowledge to support positive development in their societies. The Academies achieve this by recruiting exceptional young people from all backgrounds and providing them with the highest international standard of education. Admission is means-blind and based on merit. Financial aid is available to ensure access for accepted students regardless of financial circumstances. Read more at www.akdn.org/academies
AKDN / Gary Otte
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Since 2008, AKDN has worked to improve education for girls and women in 24 districts in four provinces of Afghanistan. Using a collaborative “whole school improvement” approach, AKDN and its partners increased enrolments and kept girls in school by improving the quality of facilities and teaching, while building parent, community, and government support. To date, 175,000 Afghan girls have been able to attend school and keep up their studies.
AKF / Andrew Quilty
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The Aga Khan University’s Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. Since 1983, the Aga Khan University has been making a difference in the developing world by enabling promising young men and women to realize their potential and by creating innovative solutions to pressing problems. Read more at www.akdn.org/aku
AKDN / Gary Otte
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The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, Kenya. The aim of the Aga Khan Academies is to develop future leaders with the skills and knowledge to support positive development in their societies. The Academies achieve this by recruiting exceptional young people from all backgrounds and providing them with the highest international standard of education. Admission is means-blind and based on merit. Financial aid is available to ensure access for accepted students regardless of financial circumstances. Read more at www.akdn.org/academies
AKDN / Gary Otte
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The UCA Naryn Campus, Kyrgyz Republic. The University of Central Asia (UCA) is opening campuses at high altitude sites in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic (2016) and Khorog, Tajikistan (2017), and is preparing for construction in Tekeli, Kazakhstan.
AKDN / Gary Otte
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Students celebrating their graduation at the Aga Khan University Convocation Ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan. Since 1983, the Aga Khan University has been making a difference in the developing world by enabling promising young men and women to realize their potential and by creating innovative solutions to pressing problems. Read more at www.akdn.org/aku
AKDN / Hakim Sons
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