8. COURSE FORMAT
8.1 Programme structure

THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM
The Ministry Curriculum has been carefully balanced around sound, educational principles and therefore has the following characteristics:
• 120 credits per qualification level
• A qualification exit point after each academic year
• Subjects are classified as Foundational, Core curriculum and Supportive
• The program is divided into modules
• More advanced modules are taken in a year, subsequent to more basic modules
• modules that belong together are taken in the same year and lead to a meaningful outcome

The following principles are built into the program:
• The CFCIBS courses are integrated with Life skills, Social skills and Leadership management as required for the church and the community
environment and will be of great advantage in all spheres of life.
• CFCIBS offers a standard that gives credibility to its National and International acceptance of the outcomes.
• Easy access is provided to enter the appropriate level of education and training to all prospective learners in such a way that they will be able to progress.
• CFCIBS courses have portable credits and students can transfer them from one learning institution to another, within the CFCI network for eventual further studies.
• We subscribe to the principle of Recognition of Prior Learning. Through assessment, we will give credit to learning which has been acquired in different ways (e.g. life or on-the-job experience and previously attended learning programs).

9. OUTCOMES BASED EDUCATION
LEADING TO DESIRED OUTCOMES
All qualifications are now designed with suitable outcomes in mind. A student will have certain knowledge and understanding but most important of all, he or she will be able to do things i.e. plan, communicate, speak, prophesy, work with people, proclaim the gospel, care for members of a congregation and prove to be a teacher, able to equip others for ministry.

10. TUITION METHOD & STEPS
SPECIFIC METHOD OF TUITION
A CFCI Bible School follows a five-phase tuition method. Following this method, we can justify the 120 credits (each 10 notional hours) a student gets for studying the course in an academic year.
The Student:
1. Listens to the lecturer and participates in group discussion
2. Reads the lecture again (making notes and underlining) or pre-reads
3. Studies from the module to internalize the material and write the test
4. Prepares a report(s) by reading, researching, analyzing and writing.
5. Does the ministry and the practical Task, group test or self assessment.

ILLUSTRATION: 5-PHASE METHOD

Lecture	----	Tuition	And Group Work
Re-reading	----	Integration	Or Pre Reading
Tests	----	Facts, Memory	Assignments
Report	----	Read, Research
Task	----	Practical Skills

If this method is followed, the student, during (+-) 1200 hours of activity per academic year, will have processed the material from more than 300 lectures.

11. ASSESSMENT
The Blooms model of cognitive thinking will be used and students will be assessed on the following levels:

1. Tests
2. Assignments
3. Reports
4. Practical Assignments
5. Book Reports

12. BENEFITS OF THE SCHOOL OF TIMOTHYS PROGRAMME
The program has been developed to equip the student to start a Bible School and therefore teach the Word of God to students all over the world. The program is there to equip and has various options of being done over a period of 1, 2 or 3 years. It has great flexibility compared to many other programs.

13. RECOGNITION
13.1 Affiliation
CFCIBS is affiliated to more than 200 churches in the world with like vision and values that have being starting Bible schools and planting churches. Your qualifications will be recognized by all these affiliated churches and organizations.

13.2 International Status
CFCBS is internationally recognized at all affiliated churches.