The education program of the church places the utmost importance on building character and on the spiritual foundation of the lives of our children and young people. It also offers ample provision for the acquisition and interpretation of the skills necessary for the accumulation of knowledge and the acquiring of the common secular habits which help in the mental, social, vocational and physical development.
OBJECTIVES OF SDA EDUCATION
Elementary and Secondary Education: The Seventh-day Adventist Church wishes to provide for all its young people an education that is within the framework of the science of salvation. They will study the basics of the common branches of learning, in order to acquire skills and to maintain a high level of learning.
The elementary schools of the church will help each child to develop (1) love and appreciation for the privileges, rights and responsibilities that are guaranteed to each individual or social group, and (2) respect and a wholesome attitude towards society, the home, the church, the school, and the government. The elementary school will offer an organized program that will assure adequate development conducive to spiritual, physical, mental and emotional health, providing a strong foundation of practical and intellectual knowledge for daily life.
The secondary school of the church will build on the qualities instilled in the students who attended the church’s elementary school. Its basic structure is building character by working in a realistic fashion to teach the students how to be healthy, how to strive for the mastery of the basic principles of learning, how to behave with dignity in the home, teaching them vocational skills, giving them civic instructions, teaching them to make good use of their free time and helping them to mature ethically. The secondary school as an instrument of the church’s philosophy will try to reach objectives of spiritual dedication, self-development, social adjustment, civic responsibility and economic efficiency.
Higher Education: The Seventh-day Adventist Church runs institutions of higher learning with the purpose of providing special opportunities for the Seventh-day Adventist youth who have satisfactorily completed their secondary studies and who are desirous of pursuing further studies in arts and science in order to obtain a degree that can prepare them for life, or for admission in a post graduate institution.
