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Severe Tropical Storm Kristine caused P3.3 billion worth of infrastructure damage to over 38,000 schools nationwide, the Department of Education said on Sunday.Based on DepEd’s partial data on the effects of Kristine, it would take P2.7 billion to reconstruct classrooms that were damaged by the storm, and another P680 million for the major repairs.A total of 2,700 classrooms were totally damaged by Kristine, while 1,361 sustained partial damage.
NewsEducation Secretary Sonny Angara last Thursday admitted to having concerns with regard to suspension of face-to-face classes due to natural disasters as it may result in further learning losses.“Actually, nababahala na kami. So, ginawa namin is pina-collate na namin ano ‘yung number of missed number of classes. Tapos ilan ‘yung na napilitan na ma-cancel. Of those, ilan na, let's say, sabi mong nasa 20 ‘yun, ilan na ‘yung na-make up nung bata,” he told reporters.
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