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    Schools nationwide are preparing to welcome over 27 million students for the new school year, though classroom shortages remain an issue. Ramon Magsaysay High School in Quezon City will accommodate its estimated 5,000 students across 62 classrooms spread across nine buildings, with some 300 senior high students holding classes in a borrowed building. Double shifting will be implemented to maximize space. The school also expects a new building exclusively for senior high students to be completed by October. The Department of Education recognizes that classroom shortages persist in some crowded areas but says the situation does not represent the entire country, as over 10,000 new classrooms have been built in the past year.

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    Schools nationwide are preparing to welcome over 27 million students for the new school year, though classroom shortages remain an issue. Ramon Magsaysay High School in Quezon City will accommodate its estimated 5,000 students across 62 classrooms spread across nine buildings, with some 300 senior high students holding classes in a borrowed building. Double shifting will be implemented to maximize space. The school also expects a new building exclusively for senior high students to be completed by October. The Department of Education recognizes that classroom shortages persist in some crowded areas but says the situation does not represent the entire country, as over 10,000 new classrooms have been built in the past year.

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    Schools nationwide are preparing to welcome over 27 million students for the new school year, though classroom shortages remain an issue. Ramon Magsaysay High School in Quezon City will accommodate its estimated 5,000 students across 62 classrooms spread across nine buildings, with some 300 senior high students holding classes in a borrowed building. Double shifting will be implemented to maximize space. The school also expects a new building exclusively for senior high students to be completed by October. The Department of Education recognizes that classroom shortages persist in some crowded areas but says the situation does not represent the entire country, as over 10,000 new classrooms have been built in the past year.

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    Schools cope with usual

    opening woes (classroom shortage)


    By: Jhesset O. Enano - Reporter / @JhessetEnanoINQ
    Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:23 AM June 04, 2018

    LET THE FUN BEGIN A banner depicting the joys of reading awaits students at Pleasant Hills Elementary
    School in Mandaluyong City on the opening of classes on Monday. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

    Along with more than 46,000 public schools nationwide, Ramon Magsaysay High School (RMHS) in Cubao,
    Quezon City, will open its gates on Monday to welcome students for the new school year.

    While the school is all set, accommodating its estimated 5,000 enrollees in 62 classrooms in nine buildings poses a
    challenge

    At least 300 senior high students would instead hold their classes in another school a few streets away, according
    to the school principal, Levita Ramos.

    “We have been squatting at Marcelo H. del Pilar Elementary School, where we borrowed one building to
    accommodate our students,” Ramos told the Inquirer.

    Double shifting

    Double shifting will also be implemented to maximize use of available space.

    Another problem loomed ahead. Ramos said the elementary school principal had asked RMHS to vacate its
    property, citing a high number of pupils this school year.

    The principal, however, sees a silver lining in the new building exclusively for senior high school, to be named
    Fernando C. Amorsolo Senior High School. The building remains under construction and is expected to be
    completed only in October.

    “Right now, I am still thinking of the best solution to accommodate all the children,” Ramos said. “Or else, where
    would we teach them?”

    27.7M students in all levels


    Despite persistent problems hounding every school opening, the Department of Education (DepEd) said it was
    prepared to welcome more than 27.7 million students from kindergarten to Grade 12 this year in both public and
    private schools, as well as in state universities and colleges.

    Jesus Mateo, education undersecretary for planning and field operations, said classroom congestion, shortage of
    teachers, lack of facilities and other problems were more common in schools in highly populated communities
    than elsewhere.

    “Our schools now have limited buildable space,” Mateo said in an interview with the Inquirer. “But the situation
    in thickly populated areas does not represent the entire country.”

    DepEd data showed that between July and December 2017, at least 10,401 classrooms were built across the
    country and 4,622 more are under construction and will be completed by the second quarter.

    During the school year, the department expects the completion of 28,000 more classrooms, Mateo said.
    Temporary learning spaces, meanwhile, have been set up while facilities are being constructed.

    23.4M in public K-12

    These classrooms, however, may still not be enough, given the rising number of students, Mateo said. “We do
    recognize that there are pockets of schools that still face the challenge of classroom shortage.”

    In public schools, a total of 23.4 million students are expected to attend classes—2.6 million in kindergarten, 12.6
    million in elementary, 6.7 million in junior high school (JHS), and 1.4 million in senior high school (SHS).

    Some 4.1 million enrollees are expected in private schools, which will open in different dates after Monday.

    Similar to last year, the bulk of this population, or 1.3 million, will be in JHS, followed by 1.2 million in SHS, and
    1.1 million in elementary.

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