The Seventh-day Adventist educational system, part of the

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, is overseen by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists located in

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. The educational system is a

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-based system. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has associations with a total of 8,515 educational institutions operating in over 100 countries around the world with over 1.95 million students worldwide. The denominationally-based school system began in the 1870s.Education
on the church's official website The church supports

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Education by level

Primary

There are 5,915 Primary Schools worldwide (June 2018 report). Enrollment: over 1.2 million students.

Secondary

There are more than 2,435 Secondary Schools worldwide (June 2018 report). Enrollment: More than 603,000 students.

Tertiary

The Adventist Church, usually through Union-level administrative units, is associated with post secondary educational institutions around the world, including training institutes, junior colleges and four-year universities, and medical schools, including those associated with Adventist hospitals. Number of Tertiary Institutions (worldwide): 115. Enrollment (worldwide): more than 145,000.

Education by area

North America

The North American Division Office of Education coordinates with 1,049 schools with 65,000 students in the

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References

Sources

* * Steve Daily,
My Dream for Adventist Higher Education
. ''Adventist Today'' 8 (Jan–Feb 2000), p18–19

External links

Seventh-day Adventist Church Department of Education

North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Office of Education

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