May 18, at the University of the Philippines, the Education Nation had its MetroManila launch. Similar launch activities will follow in Baguio, Pampanga, Cebu, and Davao.

E-Net Philippines, of which ELF is a founding member, is one of the convenors of Education Nation which seeks to bring together all the groups and institutions campaigning for education reforms.

The Philippine Business for Education, PBEd, acted as the lead convenor. The idea of Education Nation was hatched at a workshop organized by PBEd in Cebu in early March.

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May 15, a group of delegates from the Philippines were supposed to fly to Belem, Brazil, to attend CONFINTEA VI, the international conference on adult education. We didn’t make it, because the conference has been postponed.

The Brazilian host government explained that they did not want to take the risk of having an international gathering (of up to 2000 people) while the recent outbreak of swine flu is still not contained.

It’s disappointing of course, and there are lots of needed renegotiations about cancelled plane tickets and hotel bookings.

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