EDUCATION

	Students in schools throughout Europe, the United Kingdom and around the world use the educational breakthroughs developed by L. Ron Hubbard and sponsored by Applied Scholastics – a separate and autonomous charitable program independent of the Church of Scientology but supported by the Church and its members.

In the early 1960s, Mr. Hubbard conducted extensive research in the field of learning in order to develop better ways to instruct Scientologists in the tenets of the Scientology religion. Through this research, he discovered a number of basic yet powerful and widely applicable principles that he developed into a technology of study.

Scientologists have utilized these techniques in grassroots educational programs in various areas of education. These include teacher training, schools, community education programs, English as a second language programs and tutorials.

These programs can consist of an entire school of professional educators or just one or two concerned individuals. For example, one British Scientologist took it upon herself to do something about the plight of young children in Zimbabwe after she learned of the severe inadequacy of the educational facilities and resources there. Over a three-year period she made it her personal mission to bring to as many children as possible the rudiments of education and the encouragement to continue. By 1997, after constant travel between her home and Zimbabwe, she had trained more than 1,000 teachers. Local officials estimate that through her efforts alone more than 30,000 students have been reached with her program.

Today, more than 3 million people have participated in these educational programs. Mr. Hubbard’s study technology is used by hundreds of organizations and schools in 30 countries on six continents, including China, Pakistan, Australia, South Africa, the United States and much of Europe. The study technology has recently been introduced in Russia and Uganda.