Education execs lead groundbreaking of PH’s first 12-story school

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CEBU CITY — Education officials led the groundbreaking ceremony for the country’s first 12-story academic public school building at the Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School (DVRMNHS) in Barangay Basak San Nicolas on Thursday, Jan. 30.
The medium-rise school building will house 42 classrooms and nine workshop rooms dedicated to junior and senior high school students in the Cebu City South District.
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According to the Department of Education, the medium-rise building will accommodate approximately 1,900 to 2,000 learners using the 42 classrooms in a single shift, plus an additional 450 learners who can utilize the nine laboratories/workshop rooms during one-hour science classes.
The groundbreaking ceremony was led by Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan, and Budget Secretary Amenah “Mina” Flaminiano Pangandaman.
Article continues after this advertisementRep. Edu Rama of Cebu City’s South District said the infrastructure can have a lasting legacy for all Cebuanos.
Article continues after this advertisement“We Cebuanos take great pride that the first medium-rise public school building – a 12-story structure with elevators – in the entire Philippines will be built here in Cebu),” said Rama who championed the development of the 12-story public school building.
“We are deeply grateful to Secretary Angara and Secretary Bonoan for coming to Cebu City to lead the groundbreaking ceremony. We are grateful to the national government for its commitment to improving the quality of education for our learners and the strides they’ve taken in addressing classroom congestion and shortages,” he added.
Construction of the medium-rise academic school building is scheduled to run from March to December of this year with 24-hour construction shifts.
“This will definitely address classroom shortages and hopefully end the need for classroom shifting that our students currently experience. We want our students to learn in the best possible environment, which is one of this administration’s main objectives for education,” Rama said.
According to the data of the Department of Education, Central Visayas is among the regions with the highest classroom shortages in the country.