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Aboriginal community college urged

Learning to be made possible through virtual indigenous school system

2003-12-10 / Taiwan News, Contributing Writer / By Jason Pan

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Women try on aboriginal handicraft on display during a two-day 
conference on life-long learning and cultural development for 
aboriginal communities in Taiwan. (PETER MAH, TAIWAN NEWS)
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2003/12/10/1071022187.htm

Aboriginal activists and social service groups gathered yesterday to 
press for the establishment of an "Indigenous Peoples College" to 
promote lifelong learning and economic development at the community 
level.

Founding a post-secondary school system that would also preserve 
aboriginal language and culture was the central focus of the two-day 
"2003 Conference on Managing Aboriginal Community Learning and Cultural 
Development" that began in Taipei yesterday.

Chen Chien-nien (???), the head of the Council of Indigenous Peoples 
attended the meeting and reviewed the presentation on adult education 
courses and distant-learning programs at remote villages.

"We support the revitalization drive for aboriginal communities. It is 
part of the 'Challenge 2008: National Development Plans,' and our 
government is firmly behind the efforts to train indigenous teachers 
and social service workers at the grassroots levels," Chen said.

"We can provide assistance and technical help in setting up education 
centers in the communities for lifelong learning and for cultivating 
local talent," he added.

The CIP head stressed that new approaches were needed to strengthen 
indigenous cultures and create an environment that would encourage 
aborigines to speak their mother tongues. He also pointed to the need 
to improve aboriginal living standards with sustainable economic 
programs.

Many of the more than 100 delegates taking part in the conference 
seminars agreed with the plan for an "Indigenous Peoples College" and 
expected to participate in the initiative through the networking of 
education centers and distant-learning programs in aboriginal 
communities.

They said the rapid changes in telecommunications and broadband 
information technologies in recent years have made it possible to 
create and manage a virtual aboriginal school system through links with 
other communities and outside support networks.

The two-day meeting was organized by the Association of Taiwan 
Indigenous People College, and sponsored by the CIP, national 
universities, and a number of aboriginal NGO groups. 
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