Among the sacred obligations devolving upon the Spiritual
Assemblies is the promotion of learning, the establishing of schools and
creation of the necessary academic equipment and facilities for every boy and
girl.
Every child, without exception, must from his earliest years
make a thorough study of the art of reading and writing, and according to his
own tastes and inclinations and the degree of his capacity and powers, devote
extreme diligence to the acquisition of learning beneficial arts and skills,
various languages, speech, and contemporary technology.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 8 June 1925 to the National Spiritual Assembly of Persia,
translated from Persian; compilation: ‘Science and Technology’, compiled by
Research Department of the Universal House of Justice and attached to a
Memorandum from the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice,
dated 13-August 1997)
