Tag: Classroom shortage

Lawmaker blames DepEd for shortage of more than 67,000 classrooms for Monday school opening

MAY 29 (Eagle News) — Public school students nationwide face a shortage of more than 67,000 classrooms on Monday, June 1, when classes open for the new school year 2015-2016, and a lawmaker is pinning the blame on government’s underspending for this problem. Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Party-List representative Antonio Tinio said that Congress has allotted a big chunk of the government budget to the Department of Education (DepEd) but that the problem was […]