The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, February 9, rolled out its Classroom Leasing Initiative, a stopgap solution aimed at immediately easing classroom congestion in overcrowded public schools while permanent classroom construction is underway. The initiative was launched in Pila, Laguna,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, announced it is accelerating efforts to complete unfinished classroom projects nationwide while preparing to broaden delivery approaches in 2026 to address persistent gaps in public school infrastructure. In a statement, DepEd Secretary...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is launching a multi-pronged initiative to tackle the country’s growing classroom shortage—combining technologies with expanded participation from private sector groups and non-government organizations (NGOs). In an interview over DZRH on Thursday, February...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, highlighted a new decentralized strategy to address the country’s growing classroom shortage by empowering local government units (LGUs) to directly oversee school construction projects. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, in an interview...
ILOILO CITY – Mayors in Iloilo province support the Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Aquino expediting classroom construction and address classroom shortage in the country. Aquino thanked the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Iloilo Chapter headed by its president, Mayor Suzette A. Mamon...
A group of education workers on Friday, January 30, blamed corruption and patronage politics for the country’s worsening classroom shortage. In a statement, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) warned that the backlog—now at 166,000 classrooms and projected to reach 230,000 by...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, January 21, announced that it has finalized a new memorandum of agreement (MOA) with local government units (LGUs) to accelerate the construction, repair, and improvement of public school classrooms nationwide under the 2026 national budget. In a...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Tuesday, January 20, led the turnover and blessing of a new four-storey, 16-classroom school building at Santiago Elementary School, underscoring the department’s push to ease classroom congestion while accelerating long-delayed teacher...
Public school learners and teachers will soon benefit from bamboo-made school furniture as the Department of Education (DepEd) begins its rollout in selected schools starting February. The initiative, led by DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, finally puts into practice Executive Order (EO) No. 879, s....
A group of teachers has expressed support for the recent Department of Education (DepEd) initiative to streamline and improve the classroom observation system, making it more humane, purposeful, and teacher-friendly. In a statement issued January 12, Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) National...
More than 16,000 new classrooms are set to rise across high-need areas nationwide after the Department of Education (DepEd) secured government approval for a P105.7-billion public-private partnership (PPP) project— a major infrastructure push expected to ease chronic overcrowding and directly...
To reduce pressure on teachers while preserving teaching quality, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, January 9, said it is rolling out reforms to classroom observation practices. DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara acknowledged long-standing concerns from teachers, stressing that their welfare...
