The Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation successfully held its 5th National Conference on Teaching and Learning Chinese Mandarin as a Foreign Language last January 21 and 22 at the AUF Main Campus, Angeles City. With the theme Meeting the Critical Challenges of K-12, the two-day event gathered 250 school principals and teachers from 72 public high schools across the country implementing the Mandarin program under the Department of Education’s Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL).