Our Mission

 

ADVENT LINKS-SAUC Education Centre is committed to provide and conduct quality education programs and research in children and family studies.

 

History

 

Advent Links-SAUC Education Centre is a training centre offering certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas, and specialist diplomas in early childhood education that are approved by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. In collaboration with Edith Cowan University, the Bachelor program can be completed on campus.

 

The old educational institution called Southeast Asia Union College (SAUC) was established and registered with the Ministry of Education in 1908 and Early Childhood Education was one of the six courses offered in 1971 with 10 students.

 

In 1997, SAUC, began its collaboration with Edith Cowan University in Australia, to offer a Bachelor of Social Science in Children and Family Studies. The following year 1998 Advent Links – SAUC Education Centre was established as a specialized training centre for early childhood and family education.  In 2000 Advent Links - SAUC was relocated to its present location at 299 Thomson road. 

 

Teaching Faculty

• To provide education opportunities for life long learners in the community leading them to discover and develop their potential.
• To cultivate a learning environment that encourages the adoption of an appropriate life style.
• To stimulate independent thinking.
• To serve as a catalyst through which academic excellence and professional competency are achieved.
• To integrate value, faith, learning and practice.

 

Advent Links-SAUC Education Centre provides a unique learning environment for students from a wide variety of cultures and religious backgrounds. Close interaction between students and lecturers encourages students to grow intellectually, socially-emotionally, and spiritually as they form friendships and make life choices.

 

The lecturers of Advent Links-SAUC seek to develop new skills in students. An enthusiasm for learning and the ability to think analytically and creatively are essential tools for success here. In a multilingual setting, the ability to communicate clearly is fostered and an appreciation for differences is cultivated. Students leave this Centre with a compassion for people (children and family) and deeper knowledge of God.

 

Advent Links-SAUC Education Centre was founded on the basic spiritual principles of love and concern, is committed to opening the windows of its students minds to worlds they may not have known existed. It is our constant expectation that all those who come, leave with the ability and dedication to make this world a better place for children and family.