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"... Foremost among the features of this system are mutual support and assistance. Wherever individuals find themselves on the path of service, they also accompany others earlier on the path in their efforts to carry out acts of service, helping them to progress. This is a requirement of capacity building. Someone with more experience accompanies those with less as they strive to walk the path on their own and learn, in time, to assist others. Along the way, one very particular act of service, crucial to the perpetuation and expansion of the system itself, opens up to participants. Having completed a sufficient number of courses in the sequence and undertaken the acts of service they encourage, individuals are able to act as tutors... the tutor hopes to reinforce an environment in which all see themselves as active, responsible “owners” of their own learning..." – A New Institution of Learning: The Training Institute, Bahá'í World, Volume 35
"... Especially powerful has been the youth’s part in nurturing those younger than themselves. With the training provided through the institute process and a system of support and accompaniment, youth have become, in large numbers, the teachers of children’s classes and the animators, or facilitators, of junior youth groups. The Bahá’í community has begun to witness the potential of youth to create a movement of positive change..." – Fostering a Worldwide Movement of Youth, Bahá'í World, Volume 35 |
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