In this new and wondrous Age, the unshakeable foundation is
the teaching of sciences and arts. According to explicit Holy Texts, every
child must be taught crafts and arts, to the degree that is needful. Wherefore,
in every city and village, schools must be established and every child in that
city or village is to engage in study to the necessary degree.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
