BEYOND REPAIR A school building at Notre Dame of Glan in Sarangani province collapses following the intense ground shaking from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked Mindanao on Monday. —BONG S. SARMIENTO
MANILA, Philippines — An organization of teachers has urged the government to conduct a nationwide audit of school infrastructure and the immediate demolition of school buildings rendered unsafe after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Monday struck parts of Mindanao and damaged classrooms and school buildings and facilities across five regions on the island.
“The destruction witnessed in Mindanao should serve as a wake-up call,” Ruby Bernardo, chair of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), said in a statement on Wednesday.
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ACT, citing data from the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom II) National Education Plan, said 51,222 classrooms aged 50 years and older were set for condemnation by 2028, while 2,335 classrooms had been destroyed by typhoons, earthquakes, and other disasters in recent years.FEATURED STORIES
