We just received a very sad report from several teachers who expressed extreme disgust over Bohol's hosting of a history-related national conference, which was concluded last Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
According to the neglected participants, they have a very bad impression on Bohol because of the lamentable way the conference was organized and because of the disgusting treatment they got from organizers (read: disgusting food served).
There were several serious issues raised by history teachers - all coming from various schools/colleges/universities in the Philippines. (
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1. Registration of 3,000 pesos (good for 2 days inclusive of lunch but without lodging) is too expensive and it wasn't worth it. No usher. No guide. A total mess.
2. Participants were not treated well.
3. No assistance given for their accommodation. Some ended up sleeping in a boarding house.
4. They were served with disgusting food packed in a poor paper bag (can't afford to buy a paper plate?). The worst thing was that the juice was served through a water jug and it was not even a juice drink but a colored water disguised as fruit juice (?).
5. Many of the participants left Bohol on the first day of the conference. Disgusted.
6. Many of the participants did not receive a conference kit.
7. The venue was held in a small room at HNU. They expected it'd be held in a more convenient area (Bohol Tropics, perhaps).
8. History teachers, history instructors from various universities in the Philippines who were interviewed alleged that the conference was nothing but a
money-making venture?
More than 97 percent of the participants had rated the conference as "very poor", as revealed in a feedback survey distributed to history teachers/professors after the conference.
HNU, NHI, and NCCA have a lot of explaining to do.
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