Education is vital to development
By Elizabeth Eyre (September 2008 Issue)
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More than 700 delegates from 70 countries explored how open and distance learning can help achieve international development and education for all, at the fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning.
PCF5 was hosted in London by the Commonwealth of Learning – established by the Commonwealth as a tool for promoting access to quality education and training through open learning and distance education – in partnership with the University of London.
It had four strands: health, livelihoods, provision for children and young people, and governance, conflict and social justice.
A keynote speaker was Professor Apolo Nsibambi, prime minister of Uganda, who delivered a speech on behalf of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, on the role of formal and informal education in tackling development needs and attaining development goals.
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