DepEd to build 47,000 classrooms

THE Department of Education (DepEd) will build 47,000 classrooms for public elementary and secondary schools nationwide that would cover a backlog left by the Aquino administration, an Education official said on Tuesday.

“The Education department is targeting to build at least 47,000 new classrooms this year with an estimated budget of more or less P100 million. We are now in the stage of validation. We prepared a list [of schools] for renovation, new construction, for kindergarten, among others,” Alain Pascua, DepEd undersecretary for administration, told The Manila Times.