Yogyakarta hosts learning conference

YOGYAKARTA: Some 160 members of the Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE), representing 30 countries in the region, are attending a weeklong conference of learning in Yogyakarta, which started on Monday.

The conference, under the central theme of the Learning is Freedom, is aimed at promoting better adult learning and education and a higher rate of literacy in the region.

Speaking at her welcome address, ASPBAE's Secretary-General Maria Lourdes A. Khan of India said that adult education and learning remained misunderstood, distorted, misinterpreted and poorly financed by both the government and aid agencies. -- JP