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children should apply these principles in all areas of their development so that they can some day be leaders in their nation.\u000AThe general coordinator underlines that they are interested in \u2018forming leaders that love justice and the truth\u2019. This formation, they affirm, has been used to train useful and successful individuals (L9ICV). At present they have schools in different parts of Guatemala City and rural areas of the country (P1ICV). The ICV School of Acat\u00E1n, Zone 16, reaches the middle and upper classes, whereas ICV School, Zone 19 and other similar zones attends a lower middle class student population. They were initially known for their practices of strict physical discipline, which parents had to accept as a school norm. Years later this norm was eliminated under orders of the Ministry of Education.\u000AThey also have a university which has been functioning for seven years. The Universidad Panamericana has faculties of Theology, Communication Science, Business Administration, and Law. It also provides doctorates in Communication Science and Law. According to the Rector, their philosophy of education is to integrate advances in human sciences with key values of the Christian faith such as freedom, honesty, love, the right to live, discipline, among others; and a lifestyle congruent with these principles (L6ICV).Their goal is to provide holistic education through distinct programmes and a team of professors that integrate their professional life, knowledge, and Christian testimony.\u000Ad. The El Shaddai schools\u000AThe ESH schools emerged from the vision of the founding pastors through the Education Foundation (FUEDES). According to their testimony, they were motivated by the \u2018vision and responsibility to get the country out of underdevelopment through education\u2019 (A9ESH). Their proposal surfaced from their conviction that Christian Education is fundamental to guide young people towards a being leaders with values and principles.\u000ATheir educative philosophy contemplates among other aspects, the idea of 132\u000A