"You have asked him [Shoghi Effendi] for detailed information concerning the Baháʼí educational programme: there is as yet no such thing as a Baháʼí curriculum, and there are no Baháʼí publications exclusively devoted to this subject, since the teachings of Baháʼu'lláh and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá do not present a definite and detailed educational system, but simply offer certain basic principles and set forth a number of teaching ideals that should guide future Baháʼí educationalists in their efforts to formulate an adequate teaching curriculum which would be in full harmony with the spirit of the Baháʼí Teachings, and would thus meet the requirements and needs of the modern age.