‘Build, build, build’ brings more classrooms to Antique

SAN JOSE, Antique – President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program has provided more classrooms in Antique.

Department of Education (DepEd)-Antique Engr. Rex Galero on Thursday said Duterte’s program to construct more classrooms throughout the country has benefited the school children in the province.

“In the province of Antique since 2016 up to 2018, there are already 972 classrooms that were constructed,” Galero said.

He added in 2016, at the start of the Duterte administration, the province was allotted P838.87 million for 595 classrooms in the 99 elementary and secondary schools in the province.

“One classroom could accommodate at least 45 school children,” Galero said.

He added that in 2017, there were 230 classrooms constructed in 105 schools.

“The budget allocation in 2017 for the new construction is P368.43 million,” Galero said.

Last year, there were 147 classrooms constructed in 16 schools with P322.78 million budget.

“For this year, there will be 16 classrooms in three schools that will be constructed with a budget of P29.545 million,” he said.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) handles the bidding for the construction of new classrooms.

“For elementary level, there is a need to construct 568 classrooms and for the secondary with 253 classrooms,” Galero said.

He added that a bigger number of ancillary facilities like science laboratory, home economics building, industrial arts, administration, technical vocational and library were included in their five-year development plan starting this year.

The remaining classrooms and ancillary facilities amounted to P9,067,054,708 will be implemented in the next five years.(With a report from PNA/PN)

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