Twenty-two (22) senators have signed the committee report on the bill that seeks to accelerate the construction of classrooms nationwide. The 22 senators who signed Committee Report No. 6 on Senate Bill No. 1482 or the proposed Clasrrom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act include Senators...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said P1.86 billion is needed to repair classrooms damaged by Tropical Storm Tino and the shearline, which disrupted learning in 3,478 public schools across five regions. DepEd’s latest situation report, released by Media Relations Division Chief Dennis Legaspi...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, November 7, said it has launched urgent rehabilitation and learning recovery efforts after “Tino” left extensive damage to schools across several regions, even as the agency braces for the approaching Typhoon Uwan. Based on DepEd’s latest...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, November 5, said that more than 20,000 schools across 10 regions were affected by class suspensions due to the combined effects of Typhoon Tino and the shearline. Based on DepEd’s latest situation report, 20,681 schools suspended classes at the...
A broad reform drive with “no sacred cows” is underway alongside a catch-up plan for classroom projects stalled by late fund releases, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Dizon confirmed that funding for several school-building projects...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, October 30, said it is exploring the leasing of closed private schools and other idle properties to help ease the country’s classroom shortage, which reached 165,000 classrooms nationwide in 2022. In partnership with the Student First Coalition...
A group of teachers slammed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for what it described as “gross negligence” in the implementation of school building projects nationwide, calling for transparency and accountability from the agency amid persistent delays and substandard classroom...
Malacañang said the public can expect that there will be people who will be held accountable for the staggering shortfall of classroom construction in the country. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will...
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...
Malacañang should certify as urgent the Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) as urgent if it wants concrete solutions to the country’s classroom backlog, Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV said. Aquino said it is clear that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) cannot...
President Marcos is mulling to allow local government units (LGUs) to get direct funding for the construction of classrooms around the country given the urgency to address classroom backlogs. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro announced on Wednesday, Oct. 22, that...
A teachers’ group on Wednesday, October 22, slammed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for its failure to meet classroom construction targets, urging the Marcos administration to intervene and address what it called a worsening education infrastructure crisis. The Alliance of...
