Academic Programme
At the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, we unite the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, the Aga Khan Curricular Strands, an exceptional residential experience and the knowledge, skills and attitudes designed to create globally minded, locally rooted, ethical leaders.
What is Unique About AKA Hyderabad?
We offer our students the internationally respected IB programmes of study. This builds a solid core of knowledge and develops open-minded, principled, reflective and inquiring learners.
We weave in the unique Aga Khan Curricular Strands, which help students understand key issues from local and global perspectives, and develop an ethical and pluralistic outlook.
Our students are supported to put the theory into practice with leadership training, Service Learning and an array of activities – all in a demographically, socioeconomically and linguistically diverse environment.
“The academic programme at the Academy has challenged me in the best way. While the IB is rigorous, the Academy’s personalised, concept-based teaching style has enabled me to do better than what I ever thought I was capable of. Everything we learn is grounded in the real world, which has impacted me as an individual. It has taught me how to think about things independently and critically and developed in me an understanding of important values such as empathy, justice and pluralism.”
Jacintha Thota
Class of 2022, AKA Hyderabad
Our Curriculum
The IB curriculum at AKA Hyderabad is tailored to your child’s age: the Primary Years Programme for junior students, the Middle Years Programme for Grades 6–10 and the Diploma Programme for the final two years at the Academy.
While strengthening our students’ intellect with our academic programme, we ensure that they are prepared for the future with an interdisciplinary approach suited to real-world problem-solving. They learn independently with self-directed, reflective work, and they collaborate with classmates across the Academies and with local communities to instigate positive change.
Students become literate in technology and computing, with opportunities to increase their proficiency in music and the arts. We teach in English and Hindi to produce bilingual graduates and to enable Grade 9 students to study in another country for a semester.
Learning in Action
Students recreate Hyderabad Bazaars in classrooms
Grade 3 students recreated the bazaars of Hyderabad in the Junior School last week. Junior School parents, teachers and students of all the grades across the school were invited to witness the gala affair.
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Theory of knowledge students discuss why we seek knowledge
The Academy’s Senior School art teacher Mr Visweswara Brahmanapalli gave a talk on ‘Why do we seek knowledge?’ to DP1 theory of knowledge students.
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Learning through immersive explorations: Witnessing India's artistic legacy
A two-day excursion to the Ajanta and Ellora Caves, specifically designed for DP1 and DP2 art students, presented a unique chance to learn about art from the marvellous sculptures and murals that adorn the walls of the caves.
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