The Department of Education admitted Tuesday it will not be able to solve the classroom shortage problem even at the
Education officials earlier said the classroom shortage in public schools could be as high as 90,000.For next year, however, based on its proposed budget, DepEd has set a lower target of 1,628 completed new classrooms and 3,943 new classrooms that should be undergoing construction.
Meanwhile, some 16.8 million students nationwide have been enrolled so far a week before classes begin on August 29, the DepEd said.DepEd spokesperson Undersecretary Michael Poa earlier said.In the previous academic year, some 28.4 million students enrolled in public and private schools across the country.As this developed, As of Aug. 21, a total of 16,816,221 students in both public and private schools have already enrolled.
Calabarzon recorded the most number of enrollees at 2,858,606, followed by the National Capital Region with 2,220,470, and Central Luzon with 1,868,161.
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