training and deploying human resources

At the heart of this framework were "two complementary, reinforcing movements'', which guided and focused the efforts of the believers in systematically advancing the process of entry by troops. Through patient, sustained endeavour it became apparent that as more and more friends completed the sequence of courses and arose to carry out the tasks of expansion and consolidation, an impetus was given to the development of the cluster and its capacity to achieve and sustain growth. Concentrated attention to these two movements was seen as essential to the progress of the Plan and became the standard by which progress was assessed.

Training institutes grew progressively more able "to provide their communities with a constant stream of human resources to serve the process of entry by troops". By 2006, more than 36,000 tutors and nearly 75,000 children's class teachers had been trained. The number of core activities rose correspondingly, showing a sixfold increase in devotional meetings and a threefold increase in children's classes. The impact of the success in training and deploying human resources was reflected in a growing number of advanced clusters. After achieving a vigorous institute process, the multiplication of core activities, and an increase in the tempo of teaching, the conditions were favourable for launching intensive programmes of growth in these clusters. By the end of the Five Year Plan, 296 such programmes had been initiated.

(THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, 2001-2006: Summary of Achievements and Learning - Prepared under the supervision of the International Teaching Centre)