The Aga Khan Schools in Tanzania

23 September 2025
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania and Tanzania Institute of Education partner to strengthen career counselling in schools
The Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania, in collaboration with the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), held a graduation ceremony today for TIE curriculum developers who underwent training to integrate career counselling into the national curriculum.
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01 August 2025
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam celebrates Class of 2025 IB DP results
The Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam proudly celebrates the remarkable achievements of its Class of 2025 in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) examinations. This year, 36 exceptional students completed the rigorous two-year DP journey, each one marking a significant milestone in their academic and personal growth.
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15 June 2025
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania celebrates Class of 2025
From 27 May to 14 June 2025, graduation season swept across the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania, filling the schools with joy, pride and heartfelt reflection. From early years to higher secondary, each ceremony celebrated the students’ academic and personal milestones, a testament to their growth, resilience and collaborative spirit.
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12 May 2025
Showcasing innovation and inquiry at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam Grade 6 PYP exhibition
Grade 6 students at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam took centre stage on 8 May 2025 with their culminating International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) exhibition – a dynamic showcase of curiosity, critical thinking and creativity under the theme, “How the world works”.
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02 April 2025
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania participates in Utafiti Elimu Tanzania 2025
The Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania made notable contributions at the Utafiti Elimu Tanzania 2025, reinforcing its commitment to climate and environmental education through innovative school-based practices. This year’s conference focused on four key themes: Dropout, Retention and Reintegration; Teacher Preparedness; Climate, Environment and Education; and Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Human Capacity Development.
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20 February 2025
Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam: A new chapter in early childhood education
In January 2025, the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam proudly opened the doors to its newly refurbished nursery campus. This marks a transformative milestone in its journey to providing exceptional early childhood education. Nestled in the heart of the vibrant Upanga area, the school now features state-of-the-art facilities designed to inspire curiosity, creativity and holistic growth in young learners.
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24 January 2025
Celebrating Education Day 2025: Shaping Tanzania’s future with inclusive and quality education
On 24 January 2025, Tanzania joins the global community in marking International Day of Education, a day to recognise education’s power to transform lives. This year’s theme, “AI and education: Preserving human agency in a world of automation”, invites reflection on how technology and human skills can intersect to drive progress.
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03 January 2025
Shamba Darasa: Cultivating sustainability and community at AKES, Tanzania
At the Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania, climate education reaches far beyond the classroom walls. A prime example of this is the Shamba Darasa project, a vibrant initiative blending science education with hands-on agricultural practices to foster a culture of sustainability and community engagement.
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06 November 2024
Transforming Early Years education: Enhancing creativity and sustainability in Tanzanian classrooms
During the October break, International Baccalaureate (IB) Early Years educators at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam engaged in a hands-on professional development session to foster creativity and environmentally sustainable practices in classrooms to enrich young children’s early learning experiences.
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31 October 2024
Students repurpose plastic waste through Ecobricks Project
At the Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania, students and teachers successfully completed the “Ecobricks Project”, demonstrating how small actions can drive meaningful environmental change. This initiative is part of a larger effort to integrate sustainability into the curriculum while addressing the pressing issue of plastic waste.
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20 September 2024
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania hosts collaborative event on climate education in Dar es Salaam
On 13 September, the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania welcomed esteemed guests from the Tanzanian Institute of Education (TIE), the Aga Khan Foundation Tanzania and neighbouring schools to a collaborative event focused on sustainability practices.
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17 September 2024
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam celebrates International Literacy Day
On 10 September 2024, the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam celebrated International Literacy Day under this year’s theme “Promoting multilingual education: Literacy for mutual understanding and peace".
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13 September 2024
Teacher appreciation at the Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania
On 7 September 2024, teachers from the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES), Tanzania gathered for an unforgettable day trip to Morogoro.
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26 August 2024
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam students participate in Tanzania Women Engineers Convention and Exhibition
On 21 and 22 August 2024, six students from the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam had the opportunity to participate in the ninth Tanzania Women Engineers Convention and Exhibition (TAWECE) at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam.
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22 August 2024
AKES, Tanzania leads climate-resilient education at East African Community Conference
From 12-15 August, the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania played a pivotal role in the East African Community Regional Education Conference – a landmark event that took place at the Arusha International Conference Centre.
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06 June 2024
Celebrating the Grade 6 graduating class at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam
The Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam celebrated its Grade 6 graduation on 30 May 2024. This significant milestone marked the achievements of 108 graduates as they prepared to transition to the next stage of their educational journey.
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03 June 2024
Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam celebrates its KG3 graduating class
On 29 May 2024, the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam hosted a delightful graduation ceremony for its Kindergarten (KG) 3 students.
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30 May 2024
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam celebrates its IB DP Class of 2024
On 23 May 2024, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) Class of 2024 at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam graduated in a joyous ceremony.
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23 April 2024
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania hosts Sports Day
On 16 April, students, parents and teachers across the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania participated in fun activities during the annual Sports Day.
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03 April 2024
Literary Week celebrations at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam
The second edition of "Literary Week" was held at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam from 25-28 March. This event celebrated and upheld the critical role of literature in society.
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18 March 2024
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania hosts IC3 Regional Forum
On 8 March 2024, the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania hosted the IC3 Regional Forum which promotes best practices in career and college counselling, professional development for school counsellors and new opportunities for educators in the region.
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13 March 2024
Nurturing changemakers of tomorrow at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam’s PYP exhibition
The Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS), Dar es Salaam, held its annual Primary Years Programme (PYP) exhibition from 5-6 March 2024. The event gathered esteemed guests including Her Excellency (H.E.) Liberata Mulamula, a Tanzanian diplomat, politician and former Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation. H.E. Ms Mulamula is also an alumna of the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam.
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06 March 2024
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam wins big at World Scholar's Cup
Students of the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam demonstrated a brilliant performance of their academic excellence by winning several top medals and trophies in the recent World Scholar’s Cup (WSC), Dar es Salaam round.
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22 February 2024
Embracing diversity: Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam celebrates International Mother Language Day
The Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS), Dar es Salaam recently celebrated International Mother Language Day with a vibrant event showcasing the school's commitment to diversity, inclusion and cultural awareness.
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22 January 2024
A journey of growth and environmental stewardship at the Arusha Climate and Environment Research Centre
From 10 to 15 January 2024, the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam’s Diploma Programme (DP) 2 class embarked on a remarkable journey to the Aga Khan University’s Arusha Climate and Environmental Centre (AKU-ACER), marking the culmination of their 18-month-long creativity, activity, service (CAS) adventure.
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03 January 2024
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam awards top-performing NECTA students
The Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam has awarded 11 scholarships to standout Form 1 students studying under the National Examination Council Tanzania (NECTA) system for the 2024 academic year.
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08 December 2023
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam celebrates its Form 4 Class of 2023
On 1 December 2023, the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam held a graduation ceremony for its Form 4 students from the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA) curriculum.
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10 November 2023
Celebrating artistic excellence: The Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam and the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam win first prize in local Peace Poster Contest
Students from the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS), Dar es Salaam and the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam received the coveted first prize in the Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Tanzanites’ Peace Poster Contest, which was held under the theme, “DARE TO DREAM”.
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02 November 2023
Experiential adventure to Pugu Hills Forest Reserve
Grade 8 students at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam had an experiential adventure trip to Pugu Hills Forest Reserve over two consecutive weekends in October. The trip provided students with a unique opportunity to engage in outdoor activities, develop essential life skills and foster new relationships.
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26 October 2023
Celebrating unity in diversity: Nurturing young global citizens at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam
Recently, the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam celebrated United Nations (UN) Day. The school’s Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) Coordinator, Nikita Gidwani reflects on the importance of the day’s events as well as the true testament of the school’s celebration of diversity, change and commitment to a better world.
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20 October 2023
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam: Debate champions
In October, the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam participated in the Mwalimu Nyerere Schools Invitational Debate Championship, which it has been consistently participating in over the past seven years.
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11 October 2023
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania triumphs at Morogoro International School Invitational Swimming Gala
The Aga Khan Education Service (AKES), Tanzania is proud to announce a spectacular victory at the prestigious Morogoro International School Invitational Swimming Gala on 6 and 7 October 2023.
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01 September 2023
“Better, always better”: Impact of an Aga Khan Schools education
Liberata Mulamula, Class of 1975, Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam, has served her country far and wide for over 35 years, including as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of Parliament, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tanzanian Ambassador to the USA and Mexico. Poised, caring and approachable, she recalls with a deep laugh how AKMSS, Dar es Salaam was her first experience – “finally” – at co-ed schooling. The teachers there inspired her when they remarked how “the girls were equally good or even better than the boys”.
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01 September 2023
Celebrating impressive IGCSE results at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam
Grade 11 students at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam received remarkable International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) results this week, exhibiting outstanding academic prowess. The phenomenal results highlighted the students’ exceptional perseverance, passion and hard work towards their academic goals.
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10 July 2023
Experiential learning at the Chitwan National Park in Nepal
Nikita Gidwani, the creativity, activity, service (CAS) coordinator and college guidance counsellor at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam reflects on a trip she and a few students took to Nepal.
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26 May 2023
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam celebrates its Class of 2023
On Wednesday, 24 May, the stage was set to witness the momentous accomplishments of the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam’s Class of 2023 from the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP), and the Form Six NECTA curriculum.
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17 May 2023
Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam participates in Soma na Mti
On 12 May, the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam took part in “Soma na Mti”, a nationwide tree-planting initiative by the Tanzanian government aimed at promoting environmental awareness and encouraging schools to plant trees provided by the government.
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20 March 2023
PYP Exhibition at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam
On 16 March, Grade 6 students at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS), Dar es Salaam participated in their annual Primary Years Programme (PYP) Exhibition.
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17 March 2023
STEAM Fair at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam
On 13 March, Grades 7-10 students from the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam participated in a competitive Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) Fair at the school under the theme, "Recycle to Survive."
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24 February 2023
Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam celebrate International Mother Language Day
From 21-24 February, students, teachers, support staff and parents at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS), Dar es Salaam celebrated International Mother Language Day with a week of activities to acknowledge and appreciate the value of all languages and how it shapes our identity and society as a whole.
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30 January 2023
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam hosts Sports Day
From 23-27 January, the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam hosted its first sports day since COVID-19.
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30 November 2022
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania establishes micro-forest
On 23 November 2022, the Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania collaborated with the Aga Khan Foundation Tanzania and the Ismaili CIVIC to set up a micro-forest at the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam.
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20 October 2022
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam shines in debate tournaments
Twenty-two students from the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS), Dar es Salaam participated in the Mwalimu Nyerere Schools Debate Championships from 15-16 October, in which they won 23 medals and five students got recognised as the ‘Best Speaker’.
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12 August 2022
The Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam’s Class of 2022 receive best IB results to date
The Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School, Dar es Salaam’s Class of 2022 achieved the school’s best results ever in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP).
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31 May 2022
Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam enhances its literacy programme
The Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS), Dar es Salaam have developed their literacy programme this academic year to ameliorate their students’ literacy skills.
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04 December 2020
Pluralism in Action: Students Celebrate One Another on United Nations Day
2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and its founding Charter. In acknowledgement of the United Nations, the Nursery and Primary sections of the Aga Khan School in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania held a special event in October 2020
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28 May 2020
“Mom’s are like buttons – they hold everything together”
Mother’s day is celebrated around the world to honor motherhood and the value mothers add to our everyday lives
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26 May 2020
Mzizima Students Represent Tanzania on a Global Debating Stage
For the third consecutive year, students from the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School (AKMSS) will be representing Tanzania in the World Schools Debating Championships
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20 May 2020
Earth day the virtual way
On April 22nd, 2020, people all over the world gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
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18 May 2020
A Cultural Gateway: Celebrating International Mother Tongue Day
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela
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03 March 2020
Dar-Open Debate Champs: “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”
Walt Disney, one of the pioneers of the American animation industry once said ‘If you can dream it, you can do it’.
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16 April 2019
AKMSS shines at the 9th Annual Darmun Conference
A one of a kind Dar-es-Salaam Model United Nations (DARMUN) conference with the theme, "Development for Sustainability", was hosted by The International School of Tanganyika (IST).
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11 April 2019
A Night of Talent
The Aga Khan Primary School (AKPS) held a school-wide Talent Night on 1st March 2019 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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28 November 2018
Away Mosquitos
As the seasons changed, a swarm of mosquitoes engulfed the areas around the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS), Dar-es-Salaam, which left many Grade 3 students worried. From their science class, they knew the increasing number of mosquitoes in a place they spent most of their days could become a health hazard.
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01 November 2018
Aga Khan Football Team Shines at Tournament
The Aga Khan Primary School (AKPS) under 9 and 11 boys participated in the Magnet Sports for All Star Tournament that was held at Jakaya Kikwete Youth Park in Dar es Salaam on 20th October 2018.
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03 May 2018
Mzizima hails victorious at the The World Scholar’s Cup
Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School was the most outstanding school in the World Scholar’s Cup (WSC), Regional Round winning over two hundred trophies and medals.
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14 December 2017
Aga Khan primary student Champions Swimming Competition
Ralph Sereki, a Grade 4 student at the Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School, Dar es Salaam, participated in the Tanzania Open Swimming Championship which took place in Mwanza, Tanzania on 22nd and 23rd September.
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09 July 2017
Former President Mkapa visits Grade 6 PYP Exhibition in Tanzania
Recently, the Grade 6 students at Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School (AKNPS) celebrated the end of their journey as PYP learners by hosting the 2017 PYP Exhibition, in the presence of family, friends, and colleagues.
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14 December 2016
Sports Day
All students were involved in various sports activities including relay races - 800m, 600m, 400m, 200m and 100m and 60m for junior students.
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10 November 2016
AKMSSMUN (Model United Nations)
Once a year, AKMSSMUN (Model United Nations) delegates are given the opportunity to attend an international conference.
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05 October 2016
Teacher’s day
Teacher’s day is celebrated to honor the hard work of our teachers and acknowledge their accomplishments.
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30 September 2016
Aga Khan School Tanzania Swimmer hailed victorious at Rio Olympics
Hilal Hemed Hilal had an impressive performance at the Aquatics Stadium during the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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23 April 2016
DARMUN 2016
On 23rd of April, Aga Khan Mzizima sent 23 students along with the MUN Director Ms. Hetal Chandaria to participate in the 6th annual DARMUN conference hosted by IST.
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