Over 25 million students have already enrolled for the current school year compared to around 26.2 for 2020-2021, according to the latest data from the Education department.
The Department of Education said it expects enrollment figures for school year 2021-2022 to reach the numbers recorded in 2020, as more students resume their studies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latest data shared by the DepEd during the House appropriations committee's hearing showed 25,582,224 students have already enrolled as of Monday, the opening of classes."[W]e expect the numbers to grow when we get news from the schools abroad, from our Philippine schools abroad.
Pascua said addressing the backlog will require a ₱900-billion budget, but DepEd was only given ₱2.9 billion by the Department of Budget and Management for constructing new classrooms in 2022."We have proposed to the DBM, if you are serious in addressing classroom shortage then we can have a three-year phasing of new building construction to address this shortage," Pascua said.
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