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+==Region 12 public high schools lack 725 classrooms -- NSCB-12==
+*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=398774
+*January 17, 2012, 4:13 pm
+:By. (PNA)
+DCT/FFC/AVE/RSS
+GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Jan. 17 (PNA) -- Classrooms for public high school students have been found wanting in Region 12, with a shortage of 725 to meet the standard classroom-to-student ratio (CSR) of one is to 45, statistics released recently showed.
+Herlita Caraan, National Statistical Coordination Board regional chief, said public secondary schools in the region are presently in dire need of more classrooms.
+Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region covers the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.
+“Crowded classrooms have been a perennial problem in most public schools in the region most particularly in public secondary schools,” she said, citing data from the Department of Education (DepEd).
+The standard CSR in the Philippines is one classroom for every 45 students as prescribed by Republic Act 7880 entitled “An Act Providing For the Fair and Equitable Allocation of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports’ Budget for Capital Outlay.”
+In a fact sheet released by NSCB Region 12, the CSR in the area for the school years 2006-2010 remained way above the standard of 1:45.
+The region’s CSR averaged 1:52 in SY 2006-2007 though it slightly improved to 1:49 in SY 2010-2011, it noted. Among the provinces and cities, worst off in terms of CSR are Sarangani at 66 students per classroom, Sultan Kudarat at 63, and Tacurong City at 62 in SY 2010-2011.
+The biggest improvement in CSRs in the five previous school years was noted in Kidapawan City at 1:63 in SY 2006-2007 to 1:44 in SY 2010-2011.
+A decline in CSRs was posted by Sarangani (1:61 to 1:66), Sultan Kudarat (1:58 to 1:63) and Tacurong City (1:60 to 1:62) for the same comparative period.
+Conforming to the CSR standard as of SY 2010-2011 were General Santos City with CSR of 1:40, Cotabato City (1:43), Kidapawan City (1:44), and South Cotabato (1:44). Both Cotabato City and General Santos City, however, have adopted three shifts of classes per day, which indicate that there is in fact a real shortage of classrooms in the said cities.
+If a single-shift was adopted to meet the 1:45 standard CSR, General Santos City needs 173 more classrooms and Cotabato City, 91 classrooms. Other areas with wide classroom gaps are Sarangani (185), Sultan Kudarat (182), North Cotabato (64), Tacurong City (31) and Koronadal City (21).
+Overall, Region 12 is in need of 725 additional classrooms in order to meet the standard CSR on a single shift per day as of SY 2010-2011.
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 *Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=398539