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League of Cities hails direct allocation of funds to LGUs for classroom construction

Published Oct 24, 2025 01:14 pm
League of Cities of the Philippines National President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora)
League of Cities of the Philippines National President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora)

The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) on Friday, Oct. 24, expressed its support for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s directive to allocate classroom construction funds directly to local government units (LGUs) following the discovery of a severe nationwide classroom backlog. 

According to the national government, only 22 classrooms have been built by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) out of the 1,700 targeted to be completed this year. 

Under this plan, funds will be entrusted to the LGUs, while the DPWH and the Department of Education (DepEd) will monitor the implementation and construction of the classrooms.

"The League of Cities of the Philippines welcomes President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to allocate classroom construction funds directly to local government units. This forward-looking initiative, consistent with his pronouncement during the LCP National Executive Board (NEB) oath-taking at Malacañang Palace on Oct. 7, 2025, heralds a brighter future for our education sector," LCP National President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said.

"As city mayors, we fully embrace the responsibility entrusted to us to address urgent challenges in basic education, particularly the longstanding classroom backlog. Direct funding to cities will significantly help ease the nationwide shortage. We remain steadfast in our commitment to ensure that every peso intended for classroom construction is utilized judiciously, efficiently, and with full transparency and accountability. This is our promise to the public and to the learners we serve," he added.

Zamora also expressed the LCP's readiness to work closely with the DPWH and DepEd in implementing the initiative.

"With the greater responsibility now given to LGUs, the President can count on the cities’ full cooperation. We will rally behind this directive and further strengthen our absorptive capacities to support the country’s basic education sector. The League of Cities of the Philippines stands united in advancing the shared goal of providing better learning environments for our students and empowering teachers to deliver quality education," the mayor noted.

Malacañang said 2,370 classrooms remain to be built, which will be addressed through the agreement among the agencies and LGUs.

Around 200 classrooms are expected to be completed by the DPWH by December 2025, and another 822 classrooms are projected to be finished by the second quarter of 2026, with a target of completing 2,000 classrooms by the third quarter of next year.

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