Rey Anthony H.
Chiu
BOHOL, June 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is
spending over P786 million just to equip secondary schools with classrooms
for the senior high schools within this year.
Bohol Division School Governance and Operations Chief Desiderio
Deligero said the sum comprises of 241 classrooms in Bohol's second district,
226 classrooms in Bohol's Third District and 112 class rooms for the First
District.
At the Kapihan sa PIA recently, Deligero added the DPWH already
had bidded some 579 new classrooms for Bohol's senior high
schools and would be erected in 119 school sites all over the province.
Biggest chunk of budget for classrooms among the districts fall
for Congressman Aristotle Aumentado's district with P331,519,345. Congressman
Arthur Yap's district comes next with P298, 244,783 while the first district of
Congressman Rene Relampagos gets P156,869,535.
Some of the classrooms are now built, some are still being
constructed, Deligero assures the completion of these projects within the
year.
The earthquake of 2013 ruined 1260 class rooms in the high schools
and 1567 in the elementary and they all need replacements.
For the high schools, the DepEd has completed 268 class room
replacements using the Quick Response Fund assistance while an initiative of
the Public Private Partnership (PPP) funded 216 of these new classrooms.
Meanwhile, PAGCOR has constructed 91 standard classrooms this
school year, Deligero said.
As of April 30 Dep[ED-Bohol completed 623 replacement classrooms
while another 166 have been constructed by interest groups making it at 789
classrooms that are being readied for the school opening, Deligero said.
"The rest, or some 622 of the classrooms have been
funded by the newly released batch 3 of the Basic Education Facilities Fund
(BEFF)," Deligero added.
As for major repairs, DepEd identified 985 classrooms all over
Bohol and as of the last weeks of May 2015, the repairs which
suffered from lack of available supply material and carpenter construction
workers achieved a combined accomplishment of 25 percent, Deligero reported.
Deligero however is certain these constructions can be completed
in time for the end of June. (mbcn/rahc/PIA7-Bohol)
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