The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is committed to continually improving its education programs through the use of technology. To this end, AKES Pakistan has extensively implemented information and communication technology (ICT) in its schools to provide access to teachers, students, and administrators. The vision is to use technology to promote independent learning, critical thinking, and to prepare students for a global community. Initiatives include ICT integration across curriculums, a peer education program teaching ICT skills, enhancing computer labs, and providing mobile computer trolleys for classroom use. Future goals include expanding internet access and developing an e-learning platform for communication and collaboration.

1. By: Sadaf RustamBy: Sadaf Rustam

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 The Aga khan Education Services (AKESP) is
committed to archiving Excellence by continuous
improvement of its programs, services and
processes. Offering a superior education to students
is perhaps the most important factor is creating a
successful future for generations that will have to
cope with a rapidly changing in environment. To
ensure that the Aga khan schools followed the latest
technological advancement to supplement teaching
and improvement learning methods.
Transforming Teaching And learning through
information and communication technology.

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 AKES Pakistan began extensive use of
information and communication technology
(ICT) in its schools. Various initiatives have
been taken to provide access to technology to
teachers, students and administrators in all
its schools. The AKES is making effort to
implement ICT facilities in line with the
following vision.
Transforming Teaching And learning through
information and communication technology.

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 “Using library and technology
resource to promote independent
learning, critical thinking, creative
abilities and consciousness among
students and faculty members to
make them caring citizens of this
global community”
Vision

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 The ICT implementations project began with
ICT integration across the curriculum in
which teachers employed technology tools
such as electronic encyclopedias,
spreadsheets and database to deliver
curriculum content. The objective behind this
approach is to allow students to learn how to
apply computer skills in meaningful ways
and to achieve curriculum objectives with the
help of technology.
Transforming Teaching And learning through
information and communication technology.

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 An innovative programme, called the peer
education programme was institutionalized
a few years ago. Through this programme,
selected young students develop and acquire
various ICT skills and in turn teach these to
fellow students and teachers.
Transforming Teaching And learning through
information and communication technology.

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 The result of technology integration is very
motivating to provide all students of AKES Pakistan
schools exposure to the latest digital literacy skills
and to equip graduating students with these skills.
ICT was launched as a cross cutting features in all
programs launched by AKES. In all three regions of
operation of AKES Pakistan (south Gilgit and Chitral
, ICT IS changing the context of classrooms in four
ways………
Result of Technology Integration

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Changing the Context of Classrooms
in Four ways

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 In recent years, ICT reforms have been introduced in
Aga khan schools with following approaches.
 Classes were allotted where students went to the
computer labs and learned required skills.
Technology integration across the
curriculum ensured that students not only learn the
ICT skills but use those skills to learn other
curriculum subjects;
Approaches of ICT in Aga Khan
Schools

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 To achieve our objectives and ensure adequate and
frequent access of students to computers, the
capacity of every computer laboratory was enhanced
to accommodate a complete class of students;
 A pool of mobile computer trolleys was provided,
along with multimedia facility, which could be used
by teachers, as and when required, in the
classrooms ;
Approaches of ICT in Aga Khan
Schools

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 To sustain the momentum of ICT across the
curriculum and motivation teachers to
integrate technology more frequency in their
curriculum. The notion of setting up media
laboratories with Wi-Fi internet connectivity
in each school is being considered. Each
laboratory would comprise of 10 computers
where students can work in groups on
curriculum assignments.
Approaches of ICT in Aga Khan
Schools

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 The ICT goals for the future focuses on
the e-Learning model to enable teachers
and students of AKES,P to
communicate, collaborate ,share and
discus information with each other and
across the globe through AKES,P’s
platform.
Goals of ICT for the future

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 In Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan School ICT
facilitators are working as LTF’s. LTF’s means
Learning Technology Facilitator who are facilitating
the whole system of ICT.
 LTF’s have to report to their Head Teachers on daily
basis. (Ms.Seema Khalid)
 LTF’s have to report online to their Head LTF
(Mr.Fahim Surani/Nurali Tejani)
 LTF’s have share all the resources with other LTF,s of
campus.
How our ICT lab's are working???

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Junior Section

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 LTF’s arrange ICT integration lessons they facilitate
teachers in any kind of issue related to ICT.
 LTF’s give support in Middle Schools Assessment
Projects (MSAF)
How our ICT lab's are working???

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 To give awareness of IT.
 To facilitate children in increasing ICT skills.
 Teach innovative ways of Communication.
 To give awareness of Online learning.
 To give tools how to use Computer applications .
 Facilitate in integration of ICT with teacher.
 Arrangement of Multimedia in ICT/Media lab.
 Facilitate in MSAF projects.
Targets of ICT

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Curriculum of ICT
Junior Section Focus
Junior I Computer Basics, Ms Paint,
Kidspiration
Junior II Computer Basics, Ms Paint,
Kidspiration,
Ms. Word
Junior III Computer Basics, Ms.Word
and Powerpoint
Junior IV Computer Basics, Ms.Word,
Internet and Publisher.
Junior V Computer Basics, Ms.Excel,
Internet and Publisher

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 In the end of Mid term /Final term we take
assessments of ICT in practical form and give results
on the basis of students performance.
 We submit the data of assessment in a DVD in the
end of the year.
 We share results with parents also and we give
grades in report cards.
ICT Assessment

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