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. 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. 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. 23.4M in public K-12These classrooms, however, may still not be enough, given the rising number of students, Mateo said. Only 39,284 nonteaching personnel were supporting the more than 687,000 teaching positions, he said,Textbook shortageValbuena also cited a shortage of 127.9 million textbooks in public schools.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 03, 2018 23:15 UTC