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The Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the importance of the “whole-of-society approach” to address one of the most pressing issues confronting Philippine basic education shortage of classrooms and other school facilities. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group During the National Planning...

To address gaps in basic education facilities nationwide, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) renewed their partnership in strengthening the School Building Program (SBP). (Photo from DepEd) DepEd Undersecretary for School Infrastructure and...

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should expedite the construction of classrooms and school buildings nationwide as it had a P3.1-billion allocated under its School Buildign Program for the current year. At the continuation of the Senate’s deliberation on the P5.268-trillion...

The inadequate number of classrooms in the Philippines was further reduced due to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) failure to reconstruct and repair typhoon-damaged schools, said Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The teachers’ group said that several classrooms in...