BRIEF HISTORY
ICAD foundation is a private, non-profit, non-stock organization established under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 16, 1996. It currently has three campuses under its administration in The Philippines. The Filipino-Turkish Tolerance School, offering elementary and secondary education, located in Zamboanga City, was established in 1997. In Manila, the foundation has two schools, elementary and high school, established in 2002 and 2006 respectively. The foundation was founded by three Filipino and two Turkish members with intent to establish further schools throughout The Philippines. All aforementioned schools apply the ideals and philosophy of the foundation, built on the belief that peace and understanding among students of different nationalities, religion and diverse cultural backgrounds may be achieved through education.
PHILOSOPHY
The administrators and educators of the ICAD Foundation believe that our contemporary world and its people are continuously struggling with a constant flow of problems. We acknowledge that poverty, ignorance and lack of peace are three major problems that are besetting the world which hinder its people to move forward and become positive members of society and the world.
We at ICAD and its schools believe that among these problems, ignorance must be primarily addressed enabling the people to recognize and address the subsequent problems. As an educational institution, we commit ourselves to a true, unbiased, unprejudiced, contemporary and high quality education which will erase ignorance among the youth of this generation, leading to a productive future. A value oriented and high quality education will create a new generation of professionals who are service-oriented, morally sound and excellent doers in their chosen fields of expertise. As this new generation of unselfish and uncaring professionals pursue their careers and become positive contributors to society they are then able to help in the alleviation of poverty among the other members of the community. When poverty is lessened remarkably in a society, disputes and conflicts are likewise lessened tremendously. Hence, people will begin to understand and respect each other’s life styles, beliefs and traditions. From which a peaceful world shall emerge to allow its citizens to co-exist and live their lives free from quarrel and war.
VISION & MISSION
In its mission, ICAD shall endeavor to maximize the potential of every child through an active partnership between the administration, teachers, parents and children. ICAD seeks to provide a high standard of comprehensive basic and secondary education within an engaging and multi-modal curriculum, taught within a positive, secure and caring environment; where individual differences are acknowledged and appreciated.
There will be congruity among our academic and co-curricular programs, methods of instruction, and facilities to ensure all students are given equal opportunity to embody the essential skills of critical and creative thinking. Students will be nurtured towards a high level of decision making, resiliency, and effective oral and written communication skills thus developing a sound foundation of basic knowledge empowered by scientific attitudes .This will ensure their progressive transition to post secondary education; paving the way for them to become responsible and socially conscious citizens of the world.