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Malaki ang kakulangan sa mga silid-aralan sa buong bansa.

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DepEd says not all 24,964 classrooms funded in 2026 will be finished this year, with most projects expected to span two to three years.

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The Department of Education launched a centralized data platform Thursday, November 20, to help regional offices pinpoint where classrooms are most urgently needed, part of an effort to clear its long-standing backlog of over 140,000 classrooms nationwide. 

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At least 312 public schools have been damaged so far by Typhoon Uwan, with Bicol and CALABARZON among the hardest hit, according to the Department of Education's latest update. 

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Burdened with a classroom shortage that numbers in the thousands, the Department of Education is now turning to unused buildings in private schools that have closed down to ease overcrowding in public schools.

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The Department of Public Works and Highways was too engrossed with flood control projects and did not prioritize the construction of classrooms, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said yesterday following the admission of DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon that only 22 classrooms have been completed this year.

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Now we can see why there’s a backlog of 165,000 classrooms in the public school system.

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Only 22 classrooms have been built this year by the Department of Public Works and Highways out of the 1,700 targeted for completion, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon disclosed yesterday.

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On top of dealing with the flood control controversy, the Department of Public Works and Highways has another massive task at hand – the completion of around 2,200 unfinished classrooms all over the country.

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DPWH under scrutiny: DepEd says over 1,000 classrooms built by the agency were left incomplete or unusable.

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Malaki ang kakulangan sa mga silid-aralan sa buong bansa.

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The Department of Education launched a centralized data platform Thursday, November 20, to help regional offices pinpoint where classrooms are most urgently needed, part of an effort to clear its long-standing backlog of over 140,000 classrooms nationwide. 

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At least 312 public schools have been damaged so far by Typhoon Uwan, with Bicol and CALABARZON among the hardest hit, according to the Department of Education's latest update. 

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Burdened with a classroom shortage that numbers in the thousands, the Department of Education is now turning to unused buildings in private schools that have closed down to ease overcrowding in public schools.

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The Department of Public Works and Highways was too engrossed with flood control projects and did not prioritize the construction of classrooms, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said yesterday following the admission of DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon that only 22 classrooms have been completed this year.

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Now we can see why there’s a backlog of 165,000 classrooms in the public school system.

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Only 22 classrooms have been built this year by the Department of Public Works and Highways out of the 1,700 targeted for completion, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon disclosed yesterday.

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On top of dealing with the flood control controversy, the Department of Public Works and Highways has another massive task at hand – the completion of around 2,200 unfinished classrooms all over the country.

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DPWH under scrutiny: DepEd says over 1,000 classrooms built by the agency were left incomplete or unusable.

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