GMA raises budget for school-building programs to P3.9B
From an original budget of P2.9 billion, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has raised this year’s allocation for school buildings to P3.9 billion, an increase of almost 30 percent.
The P1-billion budgetary hike is expected to boost significantly government efforts to address the school building shortage that has hounded the country’s educational system for ages.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo disclosed the budgetary increase during her community visit to Barangay Katipunan in District 1, Quezon City this morning for the launching of eSKWELA.
The President thanked Congress for the allocation, saying the additional outlay would greatly contribute to the government’s program to construct more classrooms, some of which would be provided with Internet connection, and also help raise the learning level of Filipino students.
“Thank you very much to Congress that they allowed this budgetary increase,” she said.
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