A basic and vital requirement of these days is the matter of
educating the boys and girls. One of the duties devolving upon the members of
Spiritual Assemblies is that, with the support of the friends, they should
exert all their powers to establish schools for the instruction of boys and
girls in the things of the spirit, the fundamentals of teaching the Faith,
reading the Sacred Writings, learning the history of the Faith, the secular
branches of knowledge, the various arts and skills, and the different languages
-- so that Bahá'í methods of instruction will become so widely known that
children from every level of society will seek to acquire divine teachings as
well as secular knowledge in Bahá'í schools, and thereby means for the
promotion of the Cause of God will be provided.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 19
December 1923 written by Shoghi Effendi to the Local Spiritual Assembly of
Tihran, Iran - translated from the Persian; The Compilation of Compilations,
vol. I, Baha’i Education)
