Department of Education (DepEd) is implementing a comprehensive multi-modal strategy to tackle the nation's severe classroom shortage, which currently stands at an estimated 165,000.
According to DepEd Undersecretary for Strategic Management Dr. Ronald U. Mendoza, the agency faces an urgent requirement to keep the deficit from expanding.
Based on the School Year 2022-2023 enrolment and existing inventory, DepEd identified the top 3 regions with classroom shortage as Region IV-A (Calabarzon), 31,002 classrooms; National Capital Region (NCR), 24,874 classrooms; and the Bangsamoro Autono
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