CEBU CITY – The country’s first 12-story academic building in a public school will soon rise in this city.
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THE architectural perspective of the proposed 12-story academic building that will be constructed at the Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School in Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City.
Cebu City South District Rep. Edu Rama announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28, that the building will be constructed at the Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School in Barangay Basak San Nicolas.
The medium-rise school building will house 42 classrooms and nine workshop rooms dedicated to junior and senior high school students of Cebu City South District.
“We are grateful to our national government, under the leadership of President Marcos, that the first ever medium-rise school building will soon rise in Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School to address classroom shortages and enhance the learning opportunities for our learners,” said Rama.
The project’s groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 30, will be led by Education Secretary Sonny Angara and Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan.
Rama revealed that initially, his office endorsed three schools in South District which met the criteria set by the Department of Education, including Don Sergio Osmeña Sr. Memorial National High School in Barangay Labangon and San Nicolas Elementary School in Barangay Duljo-Fatima.
"Following several inspections last year, DepEd and DPWH assessed that DVRMNHS met the criteria for the medium-rise academic school building," added Rama.
Rama disclosed that DVRMNHS has a total of 4,878 enrollees for the school year based on the 2023-2024 enrollment. Most of the learners are from Basak San Nicolas, Basak Pardo, and Quiot Pardo.
The construction of the building will accommodate around 5,000 additional learners in specialized programs for both junior and senior high school. It will also provide additional instructional laboratories and other learning facilities for students.
“This will definitely address the classroom shortages and hopefully put an end to classroom shifting that our students are currently experiencing. As much as possible we want our students to be in the best environment to learn, and that is one of this administration’s main objectives for education,” said Rama.