History
The Aga Khan Academies are a network of residential schools for talented students spanning from Africa and the Middle East, to South and Central Asia. Their mandate is “expanding access to education of an international standard of excellence” for pre-primary to secondary school students. The academies form part of an educational network organized by the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES), an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) founded by His Highness the Aga Khan. The commitment to education and learning by the Aga Khan and his grandfather have found expression in many forms — one of which is the Aga Khan Academies, of which nineteen are functional or under development.
The first academy opened its doors in Mombasa, Kenya, in August 2003. As of July 2007, two academies were in operation, one in Mombasa and the other in Nairobi, Kenya. In June 2004, March 2005, and September 2006 there were foundation-stone laying ceremonies in Maputo, Mozambique; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Hyderabad, India respectively to commemorate the building of new academies. The network will extend to South and Central Asia and eventually to Salamiyya and Damascus, in Syria. Planning has begun for an academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh and the municipality of Amadora in Portugal while many others are being planned — from Bamako in Mali, West Africa to Kabul in Afghanistan. It is envisioned that by 2016, the first ten academies will be in operation.
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