The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa is the first of a planned network
of Aga Khan Academies dedicated to expanding access to education
of an international standard of excellence in Asia and Africa
(View the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa website). The network of
Academies will feature a curriculum based on the framework of
the International Baccalaureate (IB). At the centre of this
approach is a broad education in the humanities from pre-primary
years through to higher secondary. The Academies will also
feature a robust system of international student and teacher
exchanges between Academies in different countries as well as
with allied schools, including Phillips Academy in the United
States and the Schule Schloss Salem in Germany. Proficiency in
at least two languages, with English as the medium of
instruction, and progressive mastery of information technologies
will also be hallmarks of the programmes. To ensure access
regardless of socio-economic status or other limiting factors,
admission to the Academy is merit-bas