Aga Khan Education Services
- F Funder
- I Implementer
Description
Currently operating more than 200 schools and educational programmes, AKES provides quality pre-school, primary and secondary education services to students in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The foundations of the present system were laid by Sir Sulta Mahomed Shah Aga Khan, III, who established over 200 schools during the first half of the 20th century, the first in 1905 in Mundra and Gwadar in South Asia, and in Zanzibar in East Africa. Today AKES schools and programmes benefit over 85,000 students.
Primary Functions
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
- N/A
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other
- Early childhood development
- Transition from school to work
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School facilities
- School quality
- Teacher training
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Other academic performance-related
- STEM
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Nutrition
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- Chantilly, Hauts-de-France, France
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- India
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Madagascar
- Pakistan
- Tajikistan
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United Republic of Tanzania
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Afghanistan
- India
- Kyrgyzstan
- Pakistan
- Tajikistan
- United Arab Emirates