Classroom backlog still a problem as schools open

Students in public elementary and high schools will once again jostle for space when classes start on Monday because there are not enough classrooms to accommodate them.

Although the government had built enough classrooms to ease the 66,000 backlog at the start of President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s term in 2010, overcrowding remains a problem because the number of enrollees continues to grow and last year’s series of devastating natural disasters damaged or destroyed dozens of schools, particularly in Central Visayas.