Church Education
The Church Educational System (short CES of English. Church Educational System ) is an organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints (Mormons). Part of this educational system is the seminar and institute program. The following schools and universities also belong to the education system:
- Brigham Young University in Provo , Utah
- Brigham Young University Hawaii in Laie , Hawaii
- Brigham Young University Idaho in Rexburg , Idaho
- LDS Business College in Salt Lake City , Utah
- Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies in Jerusalem
19 elementary and secondary schools in Fiji , Kiribati , Mexico , New Zealand , Samoa and Tonga
Seminar and institute
Young people between the ages of 14 and 18 take part in the seminar program. The seminar classes usually take place in the morning before school and teach Christian principles. In remote areas there is a joint class for all students once a week who do the course on their own during the week. There are four individual courses that are repeated every 4 years. The courses cover the scriptures of the Church.
The individual courses are:
- The Book of Mormon
- Doctrine and Covenants and Church History
- Old testament
- New Testament
The institute's program for young adults aged 18 to 30 includes the same courses in the same year as the seminar program. In addition, additional courses are offered as required. CES provides teacher and student guides, videos, and other materials for each of these courses. The courses are free for the participants.
Statistics for the school year 2002–2003
| Countries and territories with a seminar or institute program | 135 |
| Full and part-time teachers, administrators and helpers | 3 253 |
| Volunteer teachers and helpers | 38 470 |
| Enrolled seminar students | 370 940 |
| Enrolled institute students | 356 269 |
