Jan 25, 2014

education of children

They[Local Spiritual Assemblies] must promote by every means in their power the material as well as the spiritual enlightenment of youth, the means for the education of children, institute, whenever possible, Bahá’í educational institutions, organize and supervise their work and provide the best means for their progress and development. 
(Shoghi Effendi, from a letter dated March 12, 1923; ‘Baha’i Administration’)