Angara seeks reform in system of constructing classrooms to address backlog

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Angara seeks reform in system of constructing classrooms to address backlog  Education Secretary Sonny Angara underscores the need to reform the current system in classroom construction to address the long-standing backlog in schools. This, after only 22 classrooms were built by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) out of the 1,700 targeted for completion this year. Speaking to reporters in Malacañang on Oct. 21, 2025, Angara said this was regrettable, considering the urgent need for classrooms around the country pegged at over 150,000. In an interview on the sidelines of the awarding of Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos. Angara said they planned to meet the 40,000 target of classrooms built by the end of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s term in 2028. To date, the Department of Education has reported 146,708 classroom backlogs nationwide, while the DepEd and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have completed 22,092 classrooms from July 2022 to July 2025.  Video by Catherine Valente  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #philippines

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00:00Do you have a statement that out of 4,000 schools that are going to be able to implement a school?

00:06So, what do you think about it?

00:07Well, number one, we have to do the system.

00:11Since 2018, it's been a DPWH for the past.

00:15We have to do the TEPN classrooms.

00:18We have to do the local government units.

00:21We have to do the local units, the local units, the first-class municipalities, maybe even second-class.

00:27We have to do the same things that we have to do with the classrooms.

00:29So, palagi ko, mas bibilis yung proseso.

00:31At siguro, sa dami na rin ang ginagawa ng DPWH, nahirapan na rin sila.

00:36Pangalawa, ako'y kumpiyansa na sa ilalim ng liderato ni Secbinds.

00:40Bibilis naman dahil, in fairness to Secbinds, bago naman huwag siya.

00:44Kaya, feeling ko bibilis dahil nakita ko dito sa mga kalamidad, bumilis na rin ang reaksyon ng DPWH.

00:51Sir, is it going to give us a brief rundown of the numbers, sir?

00:54Ilan ang goal, ilan ang competition, at ilan ang numbers makinan?

00:58Well, yun nga, yung lumabas yun sa Senado is that only 22 ang natapos.

01:04May 900 na pending.

01:05Tapos, alam naman natin, close to 100 or lampas 150,000 yung kailangan natin mga silid-aralan all over the country.

01:12So, talagang, pagkaumasa lang tayo sa isang ahensya, hindi natin mamimit yan.

01:19So, number one, pangatuloy pala, meron tayong pinopropose na public-private partnerships or PPPs.

01:26Doon, nagawa na po yan dati nung panahon ni Brother Armin.

01:30Nakapagtayo ng 14,000 classrooms.

01:32Kasi doon, imbis na nagpapabid ka ng isang building lamang, nagpapabid ka ng isang libong classroom.

01:39So, sabay-sabay yun, malakihan mo talaga yung pag-construct ng classroom pag gano'n.

01:44Mukhang nawili sila doon sa plug control.

01:47Totooan lang eh.

01:49Matamaan akong sinamatamaan.

01:50Pero parang hindi na naging priority yung pag-pagtayo ng classroom.

01:55So, nung lalaman yun na 22, what did you feel?

01:58Bakit umigod ni is?

01:59Opo, nakakahanan talaga.

02:04Nakakapanghinayang talaga dahil alam natin yun ang kailangan ng bayan.

02:07Kailangan natin para umunlad yung mga pabataan kailangan nasa tamang environment.

02:15Thank you, thank you sir.

02:17Okay, thank you.

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