President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomed the tie-up forged by China's prestigious Tsinghua University with the University of the Philippines which paves the way for the introduction of distance learning program (DLP) in the latter’s educational system.
Chen Xi, chairman of the Tsinghua University informed the President of the partnership during a courtesy call in Malacanang this morning.
“We came to the Philippines to promote research,
cooperation with the Philippine universities, to provide scholarship training
with UP particularly on the distance learning program," Chen told
President Arroyo.
The President was
visibly elated by the commitment made by the Chinese education delegation. She
expressed hope that they will focus on the many remote villages in the
countryside so that students and teachers could have access to the program
through the broadcast medium.
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