Education

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• News Stories on Education

  News stories from the Bahá'í World News Service related to education. More >

• Compilation on Scholarship

  Selections from the Bahá'í sacred writings on the subject of scholarship. More >

• A Compilation on Bahá'í Education

  Selections from the Bahá'í sacred writings on the subject of Bahá'í education. More >

• Vocational Training for rural women in India brings unexpected dividends

  A multi-faceted approach, which includes literacy, hygiene and moral training, gives rural women the tools to help uplift their communities. More >

• Rural Learning Helps Stem Urban Migration

  An innovative approach, using a curriculum adapted for country life and delivered via NGOs, provides new opportunities for 15,000 in rural Colombia. More >

• New Era Development Institute

  The New Era Development Institute seeks to provide students with skills to earn a living and impart a new vision of community service. "Our product is basically a transformed individual." More >

• The Masetlha Foundation: Health, Literacy, & Education in Zambia

  The Banani School forms one part of the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation, a Bahá'í agency founded in 1995 under the direction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Zambia, which aims to deepen individuals' knowledge of spiritual principles and to provide training in health, literacy, and a range of practical skills and trades. In addition to overseeing the operations of the Banani School, the Foundation has responsibility for the direction of the William Mmutle Masetlha Institute, dedicated to the development of human resources in Zambia. More >

• Bahá'ís issue statement on education and freedom of belief

  The Bahá'í International Community presented a statement, entitled "Belief and Tolerance: Lights Amidst the Darkness," for the International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation with Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-discrimination, a United Nations conference held in Madrid on 23-25 November 2001. More >

• The Imperative for Moral Education

  The case for moral education is made most starkly by asking: Would this century's notorious death camps and campaigns of ethnic or racial purging have occurred if the world's population had achieved a higher level of moral development? More >

• Moral Development

  This article describes five Bahá'í initiated moral training programs operating around the world. More >

• The Civilizing of Human Character

  Selections from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh on nature of human character. More >

• The Realization of Universal Education

  The acquisition of "knowledge," Bahá'u'lláh says, serves as "wings" for humanity's "ascent," and thus "is incumbent upon everyone." Knowledge plays a central role in human life and society: It is the process of generating and applying knowledge that lies at the heart of civilization. More >