Meet the Community

Our students and their families, staff, alumni, partners, supporters, and friends all form a diverse Academies network. We work together across continents and keep in touch over the years, united by the drive to contribute to the world. Meet some of our community below.

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Students: Making the Most of Their Time at AKA Dhaka

Exploring the professional world of work

During the winter break, DP1 students gained firsthand exposure to professional environments through internships at organisations.

Student wins The Diana Award for transformative leadership

Adiba Binte Ahmad Tuba, a Grade 10 student and founder of the Esho Pashe Darai Foundation, leads initiatives empowering girls and supporting underserved communities across Bangladesh.

Advocating for child rights and climate action

Through her organisation CHIL&D and her global initiative, the Zero Olympiad, Faatiha Aayat, a Grade 8 student, inspires young people to create solutions for issues such as poverty, hunger and carbon emissions.

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“The Aga Khan Academy Dhaka gave me the space to pursue my goals with confidence. The guidance of inspiring teachers, a supportive community and an environment that encourages curiosity and balance helped me grow as a person and achieve success in my IB exams.”

Ahmad Hoassain Alvi

Class of 2025, AKA Dhaka

Staff: Instilling AKA Dhaka’s Ethos

Meet Md Kamrul Islam, physical and health education teaching assistant

With advanced degrees in physical education, Md. Kamrul Islam is passionate about fostering students’ physical, intellectual and emotional well-being.

Meet our TPP fellows

AKA Dhaka welcomed a new group of Teacher Preparation Programme (TPP) fellows embarking on an 18-month journey to become IB-certified educators.

Meet Sonia Islam, Grade 3 teaching assistant

With years of teaching experience at the Aga Khan School, Dhaka and other English medium schools, Sonia Islam brings creativity and compassion to her role at the Academy.

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“The Academy in Dhaka provides an inspiring environment for both teaching and learning. The professional development opportunities and the emphasis on the Aga Khan Curricular Strands have helped me grow as an educator. I love how our modern classrooms and amphitheatre connect students with nature and creativity.”

Shahnaj Khan

Early Years Coordinator, AKA Dhaka

Alumni: Putting Their Education to Work

“Creating leaders”: Impact of an Aga Khan Schools education

Class of 2012 alumnus from AKA Mombasa Ham Serunjogi – CEO and co-founder of African fintech giant Chipper Cash – realised the importance of staying connected to something larger than himself.

Lilian Odera (Class of 2015): Passionate about change in the community

Lilian Odera has a passion for actively being involved in community-based initiatives to influence change and creatively find solutions to issues in whatever way she can.

Moiz Rajwani: Video Spotlight

Hear from alumnus Moiz Rajwani, a Class of 2018 graduate from the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad, on how our inquiry-based curriculum develops young individuals who will have the capacity to lead and build strong, civil democratic societies in the future.

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“As an alumnus, the culture was always to take pride in our roots, stay connected and give back to the school community. It is our biggest pleasure to know that this culture is being upheld at the Academy.”

Farhan Nayeem

Class of 2016, Aga Khan School, Dhaka

Friends: Bringing the Power of Community to the Academy

High Commissioner of India visits AKA Dhaka

AKA Dhaka hosted H.E. Mr Pranay Kumar Verma, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, alongside senior diplomats from the Indian High Commission.

World Heritage volunteers from UNESCO visit the Academy

As part of UNESCO’s World Heritage Volunteers Programme 2023, volunteers visited AKA Dhaka to explore its sustainable, eco-friendly campus.

Academy welcomes esteemed emissaries of diplomacy

AKA Dhaka hosted ambassadors from France, Palestine, Singapore, the Holy See and Afghanistan for an engaging dialogue with Diploma Programme students.

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“This institution will nurture young minds to fulfil their individual dreams as well as creating competent human beings with empathy who will become responsible global citizens.”

Dr Dipu Moni, Minister of Education for Bangladesh

Dhaka, September 2022