Lack of classrooms hounds Western Visayas schools

ILOILO CITY—The Department of Education (DepEd) in Western Visayas (DepEd-6) is in need of around 14,000 additional classrooms to keep up with the number of students in the region. DepEd-6 Director Ramir Uytico, during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas forum on Oct. 15, said the 62,263 instructional classrooms in the region listed in the agency’s