Aga Khan Education Services

The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit pre-tertiary education networks in the Global South. We serve over 96,500 students, with a history that dates back to 1905. Our schools, hostels and non-formal programmes were established in areas with little or no education provision, beginning in Mundra (India), Gwadar (Pakistan) and Zanzibar (Tanzania).

Today, we work in 11 countries across East Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East. Over 75 percent of our 199 schools and pre-primary centres are located in rural and remote communities where access to quality education is limited. We offer non-formal education programmes at over a hundred centres, and undertake outreach to provide training and share best practices with other educators in the communities we serve.

Each school aspires to deliver an inclusive, academically rigorous and well-rounded curriculum that honours the context in which students live and their place as global citizens. We aim to nurture socially and environmentally conscious citizens who strive for positive change in their schools and wider community, and continue contributing to improving their communities’ quality of life beyond graduation.