DepEd Iloilo assures available classrooms for senior high school in 2016

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=829355
• Sunday, November 22, 2015

(PNA), CTB/PGL/CBFERRER/CBF

ILOILO CITY (PNA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Iloilo province here has assured that the construction of classrooms for Senior High School (SHS) will be completed by June next year.

Gilbert Solidum, DepEd Iloilo chief education supervisor for School Governance and Operations Division said that there is an ongoing construction of 599 classrooms needed to cater to the incoming grade 11 students of Iloilo province next school year.

The 599 classrooms will be used by 32,000 to 34,000 public secondary high school students from the 100 public secondary schools in Iloilo that applied for SHS.

“Some schools offers only one track like technical-vocational-livelihood (TVL) track while others are offering two or more tracks,” Solidum said.

He also said that buildings that are being constructed now are two-storey high with either six, eight or 12 classrooms.

The funds came from the DepEd central office and downloaded to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district offices as implementer of the project.

Solidum said that there are also 40 other private schools in Iloilo that will offer SHS.

Governor Arthur Defensor Sr., in a press conference Thursday, said that the province will not borrow money for the construction of classrooms since DepEd has assured that they will take care the needed classrooms for the K to 12program.

“But if DepEd cannot provide the needed classrooms and they need the help of the province, I am prepared to make a loan for education,” he added. “For now, there is no threat for possible shortage of classrooms in the implementation of K to 12 program,” he added.