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Adventist Education believes in the holistic development of the student which takes into consideration the spiritual, mental, social and physical.

CAPACITY TRAINING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

provide practical and useful physical exercise for the development of good health, strong mind and noble character. (*Education p13).
give students opportunity to gain knowledge of the practical duties of everyday life. (*Fundamental of Christian Education, p228).
develop in students character traits which are essential to success when employed, such as punctuality, accountability, efficiency and ability to work with others.
develop in students positive attitudes to good time management skills as they learn to integrate all required activities.
foster confidence and leadership skills
provide practical required skills needed in formal employment.
instill in students a spirit of volunteerism and service.
prepare graduates to serve in a community of care.
foster greater understand of people who are less privileged.
impart values to the community while on the other hand providing valuable experience to students.

CAPACITY TRAINING PROGRAM (CTP) consist of two major programs known as:

Skill Training
is compulsory for all Indoor students residing in the dormitory and married students residing in the married student village on campus. With the exception of GTA (Graduate Teaching Assistants) students reside both in the dormitory and in the married student villages.
Community Service
is compulsory ONLY for 3rd and 4th year, both on- campus and off-campus students studying at Pacific Adventist University.

Skill Training
Guidelines and Procedures

– CTP registration desk – registering both new and returning students to the program.
– ST Hours Record Book will be issued to students (mostly new students and those who have changed their residential status) from day to board.
– Names allocated to departments (according to department/supervisor’s preferences/availability of space).
– Students will be notified of their skill training department before/after the first week of classes.
– Student is required to fill the skill training contract form and have it sign by the supervisor. (Contract indicates the time student will report to work and the agreement that he/she made with the department).

Note: The Program Co-ordinator has the final decision on the allocation of students to departments.

NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED PER WEEK

POSTGRADUATE	BOARDING STATUS	HOURS REQUIRED
All courses – Year 1 & 2	Indoor	5
All courses – Year 3 & 4	MSV	2

Reasons why it is important to comply with the rules and regulation of CTP (Skill Training)

Students who fail to comply will automatically lose their boarding status at the end of the semester.
Students accumulates deficit hours in Week 5, access to the following areas will be on hold/suspended until deficit hours are cleared:
Internet access
Library (book loans)
Printing
Students with high deficit hours will automatically have their boarding terminated by the end of Week 16 of the semester.
Fulfillment of CTP is a condition for graduation.

Community Service

The Community Service (CS) component recognizes that members of Pacific Adventist University share a spiritual, social, and ethical responsibility to help and support others in the community. Community Services is an organized program that allows students to serve the community surrounding PAU and in the NCD areas.
Community Service are conducted in groups and mostly held on weekends/Sundays and awarded a value hours based on preparation, participation, quality effort put into the project/service, team work, etc.
Total hours required in a semester is 24 hrs and 48 hrs in an academic year.

Guidelines and Procedures

The 3rd and 4th year students are required to make up group of 18 members/students to a group.
The group will choose a leader and a secretary and also give a name to the group.
The secretary/leader will officially register the group with the Student Services office using the CS registration form available.
The leader will schedule a meeting with the group to discuss their CS project/services proposal for the semester.
The secretary will fill the CS proposal form outlining their projects plan and submit the form to the Student Services office for processing and confirmation.
Community Service outreach takes place only on Sundays.
The logistics and other necessary requirements is the responsibility of the CTP office.
At the end/completion of the project(s) a report will be submitted to the CTP office with other necessary requirements for the CS valuing process to take place.