Zagol Academy is a private educational institution concentrating in both English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and Amharic, located in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...

, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

, offering Lower Kindergarten through primary school.

History

The school was founded in 2009 under the leadership of Elias Lewetegn and Tsegay Denboba. Elias Lewetegn has a master's degree (MSc) in Physics and Math from Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa University is a university in Ethiopia. It was originally named "University College of Addis Ababa" at its founding, then renamed for the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I in 1962, receiving its current name in 1975.Although the university has six of its seven campuses within...

. His research in renewable energy, particularly solar cells has been published by the international journal Renewable Energy. Tsegay Denboba spent eight years in the Ministry of Education as a high school teacher and a Senior Research Expert in Distance Education and 25 years in the Ethiopian Mapping Agency, reaching Head of the Planning Department. He has a BA in Geography from Addis Ababa University's Faculty of Education and an MSc in Research Development Planning from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) in the Netherlands.

Campus

Zagol Academy has two campuses, one for Lower KG 1, Lower KG 2 and KG and one for its primary school. Both campuses are located Mid-way between CMC and Ayat (Meri), near Gift Real-Estate.

Curriculum

The curriculum of Zagol Academy follows the curriculum established by the Ministry of Education with a focus on English, creative thinking, teamwork and technology.