By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—The Ilocos Norte National High School
(INNHS) can now keep pace with the increasing number of enrollees each year as
two classrooms were added to their school building.
The said classrooms were
formally inaugurated on March 10 by local officials and students led by Ilocos
Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos, Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Eugenio
Angelo M. Barba and Laoag Mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas.
The new classrooms are the
INNHS’ extension building along the Sirib Mile.
The construction of the classrooms
was made possible through the counter-parting scheme between the Ilocos Norte
government and the Dept. of Education (DepEd).
The same scheme is also being
used to build more classrooms in the province to ease the shortage of
classrooms.
With about P50 million
allocated for classroom construction, at least 44 new classrooms in Paoay Lake
National High School and in Paoay Central Elementary School will be
constructed.
According to the DepEd,
classroom shortage is still a perennial problem in the Philippine public school
system as millions of new entrants enroll in public school each year.
The introduction of universal
kindergarten in all public schools as part of the K+12 education reform program
also resulted in a higher demand for classrooms across the country.
Earlier, the DepEd has signed
a memorandum of agreement with the League of Cities, League of Municipalities
and League of Provinces of the Philippines and the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) for the implementation of the classroom construction
counter-parting program
As a general protocol, the
DBM will assist the DepEd in identifying the appropriate funding sources under
its budget and facilitate the release of allotment upon submission of required
documents.
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