W. Visayas needs 3,000 classrooms, 2,058 teachers
By Carla P. Gomez
The Department of Education (DepEd) will be faced with a shortage of 2,058 teachers and 3,000 classrooms in public schools in Western Visayas when classes start in June.
The Department of Education (DepEd) will be faced with a shortage of 2,058 teachers and 3,000 classrooms in public schools in Western Visayas when classes start in June.
The Department of Education said classes in Tisa II Elementary School in Cebu City will likely normalize in the first week of July.
Better than forcing them to hold classes under a tree.
As the government prepared for the new school year, Education Secretary Armin Luistro disclosed Wednesday that more than 700 crowded public schools need creative solutions to address classroom congestion as they lack land and space for new classrooms.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is confident the classrooms shortage in the country would be solved by 2014. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said over P18 billion of the proposed P238.8 billion DepEd budget would go to the construction and repair of 15,000 classrooms, and the installation of 25,000 sanitation facilities. At present, the DepEd lacks [...]
