DepEd needs at least P8 B to repair calamity-damaged schools 0 SHARES Share it! Following the earthquakes which destroyed schools in North Cotabato, Undersecretary Alain Del Pascua said that DepEd currently needs around P1.6 to P2 billion to address the costing needs of schools that were damaged. DepEd has a program fund called “Quick Response Fund” (QRF) to cover repair and replacement of classrooms caused by calamities or disasters. With that, DepEd has requested the Senate to increase the agency’s QRF fund from P2 billion to P4 billion every year. During his visit in some of the affected schools, Pascua told teachers that TLSs will be put up so the students can continue schooling.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 11, 2019 06:44 UTC