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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION


Church Board of Education and Board of Trustees


Office of the Church Commissioner of Education


Presidents of Institutions of Higher Education


RELIGIOUS EDUCATION


Seminaries

Religious Education programs designed for secondary students are called “seminaries." In areas with large concentrations of Latter-day Saints such as Arizona , Idaho , and Utah instruction is offered on a ''released-time'' basis during the normal school day in meetinghouses, or facilities built specifically for seminary programs, adjacent to Public Schools . Released-time seminary classes are generally taught by full-time employees. In areas with smaller LDS populations ''early-morning'' or ''home-study'' seminary programs are offered. Early-morning seminary classes are held daily before the normal school day in private homes or in meetinghouses and are taught by volunteer teachers. Home-study seminary classes are offered where geographic dispersion of students is so great that it is not feasible to meet on a daily basis. Home study seminary students study daily, but meet only once a week as a class. Home study classes are usually held in connection with weekly youth fellowship activities on a weekday evening.

The first seminary was established in (View Image) .

Institutes of Religion

Religious Education is also provided for students who enroll in Post-secondary Education , or those of student age, through institutes of religion. Institute classes are offered in leased or owned facilities adjacent to institutions of Higher Education . Institute buildings are designed to provide a place for institute students to congregate and socialize.

Brief History of Institutes of Religion .

News Release: Salt Lake City University Institute


SECULAR EDUCATION

CES institutions that provide secular education, in addition to religious education, include Elementary and secondary schools in Mexico and in the Pacific Islands , BYU Adult Continuing Education , Brigham Young University , Brigham Young University-Idaho , Brigham Young University-Hawaii , and LDS Business College .


Elementary and Secondary Schools

  • Mexico

  • --- Academia Juárez

  • ---Preparatoria Benemérito de las Américas

  • Pacific Islands

  • ---Moroni High School ( Kiribati )

  • ---Church College of New Zealand ( New Zealand )

  • ---LDS Primary School ( Fiji )

  • ---LDS Church College ( Fiji )

  • ---Church College of Western Samoa ( Samoa )

  • ---Sanuniatu Primary School ( Samoa )

  • ---Pesega Primary School ( Samoa )

  • ---Vaiola (Fusi) Primary School ( Samoa )

  • ---Church College of Savaii ( Samoa )

  • --- Liahona High School ( Tonga )

  • ---Saineha High School ( Tonga )

  • ---Liahona Middle School ( Tonga )

  • ---E'Ua Middle School ( Tonga )

  • ---Havelu Middle School ( Tonga )

  • ---Saineha Middle School ( Tonga )

  • ---Pangai Middle School ( Tonga )

  • ---Pakilau Middle School ( Tonga )



Higher Education




There were a series of Academies under the Education System for the Church. These included:


  • Arrington, L. J. (1967). The founding of the L.D.S. Institutes of Religion. ''Dialogue, 2'', 137-47.

  • Berrett, W. E. (1988). ''A miracle in weekday religious education: A history of the Church Educational System''. Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake Printing Center.

  • Berrett, W. E. (1992). ''Church Educational System (CES)''. In D. H. Ludlow (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism. New York: Macmillan.

  • Church Educational System (2005). ''Church Educational System annual information update''. Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve Inc.




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