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Aquino urges DepEd: Update classroom data
Senator Bam Aquino has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to provide accurate and updated data on the classroom backlog.
The senator wants this data to ensure proper allocation of funds for education in the 2026 national budget.
Aquino's call came after discovering that some condemned classrooms in Mabalacat, Pampanga, had been excluded from DepEd's replacement list for a decade.
He suspects the reported 166,000 classroom gap might be an underestimate.
Accurate figures are crucial, especially with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s proposal to rechannel the P275-billion flood control budget to education and healthcare.
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