Classes opened on Monday amid the usual complaints of classroom shortage and inadequate facilities and the demand for salary hike by public school teachers. The group intends to gather 500,000 signatures from public school teachers and DepEd employees nationwide and present them to President Rodrigo Duterte before congress reopens next month. The teachers also took swipe at the DepEd for its failure to implement the provisions of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers that was passed in 1966. The ideal student to classroom ratio for kindergarten is 1:35, and 1:45 for elementary and high school. The most congested schools in Metro Manila are the Batasan National High School in Quezon City, Rizal High School in Pasig City, and Parañaque National High School.

Source: Manila Times June 04, 2018 16:25 UTC