Marcos pushes for PPPs to build more Ilocos Region classrooms faster

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. –screengrab from a video posted on his Facebook page.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed concerned government agencies to create more public-private partnerships (PPPs) to speed up the construction of more classrooms in the Ilocos Region.

This came in a statement from the Presidential Communications Office on Saturday, a day after the president attended the Regional Development Council meeting in Dagupan City.

“I think we need to accelerate that. I do not think we want to wait until 2030 for all of those classrooms,” Marcos said.

The president further said partnering with the private sector meant that “public infrastructure and development projects can be implemented faster and at lower government costs.”

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Around 3,000 classrooms were proposed by the Department of Education (DepEd) to be built in the Ilocos Region from 2025 to 2030. /jpv