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. AKESP 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.
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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”
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.
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.
In addition, several teachers have benefited from INTEL courses on project-based learning as master trainers with the aim cascade their learning to others teachers.
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 AKESP. In all three regions of operation of AKESP. Pakistan (south Gilgit and Chitral , ICT IS changing the context of classrooms in four ways.
In recent years, ICT reforms have been introduced in Aga khan schools with following approaches.
Primary 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; 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; pool of mobile computer trolleys was provided, along with multimedia facility, which could be used by teachers, as and when required, in the classrooms ;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.
The ICT vision for the future focuses on the e-Learning model to enable teachers and students of AKESP to communicate, collaborate ,share and discus information with each other and across the globe through AKES,P’s platform.