With the Philippines ranking last among 79 countries in reading comprehension, House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said on Sunday, Sept. 11, the government should again build school libraries.
Recto, representative of Batangas’ 6th district, cited the need for library construction following the country’s lowest score in reading comprehension based on the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment .
“We should end the moratorium in building new libraries. A school without one is like a swimming pool without water,” Recto said in a statement. Back in 2006, he noted the allocation of P120 million to build 60 library hubs and 12 big learning resource centers. He said the government may take a “remedial measure” by instituting in next year’s proposed national budget the increase in the DepEd’s new buildings fund of P5.91 billion.“Kung totoong 900,000 enrollees ang bagong lipat from private to public schools, ‘yan pa lang 22,500 dagdag na rooms na ang kailangan ,” Recto said, noting that only 2,379 new classrooms can only be built from DepEd’s proposed budget.
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