CITY MAYOR TO HOST FORUM ON DISTANCE LEARNING

     Bacolod City will host a forum on Open Learning and Distance Education at 10 am – 12 noon today at the BAYS Center.  This is a joint activity between the office of Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia and the University of the Philippines Open University Visayas Campus.
     UP Open University Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Victoria A. Bautista will discuss open learning and distance education as an option for both private and government sector to pursue advance education without leaving work and home.
     Leonardia said that education is a right and education of every individual.  “Distance education will provide a structure for our constituents who lack the opportunity to pursue higher studies under normal circumstances.  Many Bacoleños take on a number of jobs at one time and going to school after office hours is almost impossible.”  Leonardia added that with distance education, going to school becomes a pleasure.
     The City Mayor’s Office through its education cluster headed by Executive Assistant Rudy Yanson had invited government and private employees, educators, businessmen, media and other sectors to the forum.
     Distance education started in the country through the school-on-air program “Paaralang Panghimpapawid” aired over DZLB in UP Los Baños in 1967.  The purpose of the program was to reach farmers and answer their needs for information without requiring them to leave their farms and homes.  In July 1991, UP President Jose P. Abueva created a Distance Education Committee tasked to study the desirability and feasibility of distance education at the university-wide level.  They initially focused on three subject areas:  Teacher Training, Applied Computing, and Public Administration.

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