Angara boosts accountability as LGUs start building classrooms

Education Secretary Sonny Angara — Photo from the Facebook page of DepEd

MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara has reinforced institutional oversight and monitoring guidelines to ensure that 79 partner local government units (LGUs) that have started building classrooms will comply with timelines, digital validation, and strict fiscal standards, according to a statement issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday.

The initial collaborations between DepEd and the LGUs represent a P9.3 billion investment for the construction of 2,632 classrooms across more than 600 school sites nationwide.

According to DepEd, this localized program complements other massive national infrastructure initiatives, including DepEd’s P36.227 billion funding pipeline for new classroom construction and the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) School Infrastructure Program.

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