As School Year 2025–2026 officially opens on Monday, June 16, the Department of Education (DepEd) is preparing to accommodate a projected 27.6 million enrollees in basic education amid persistent challenges—including a nationwide shortage of 165,000 classrooms, a deficit of over 56,000 teachers, and limited learning resources.
To address these longstanding gaps, DepEd is implementing urgent and concrete measures to strengthen the country’s public education system.
00:05Millions of students return to schools as classes for academic year 2025 to 2026 formally open today, Monday, June 16
00:16To mark the opening, President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. leads the ceremonial opening of classes
00:23and visited the students of Epifanio de los Santos Elementary School in Manila earlier today
00:29He was joined by the Education Secretary Sani Angara to monitor the situation of the classrooms
00:36The Department of Education or DepEd says it's ready to welcome a projected 27.6 million enrollees in basic education
00:45However, the education system continues to face a deepening crisis
00:50With a shortage of over 165,000 classrooms, has a deficit of 56,000 teachers, and has limited learning materials nationwide
01:01To address this, DepEd's Chief of Media Relations Dennis Ilegaspi says that the Department is fast-tracking classroom constructions
01:09To public and private partnerships, or PPPs, and early procurement
01:14Legaspi also added that DepEd is working closely with the Department of Public Works and Highways, or DPWH
01:22To build climate-resilient schools, especially in disaster-prone areas
01:26Meanwhile, DepEd data showed over 875,000 teachers are currently deployed nationwide
01:33But with the enrollment on the rise, the agency estimates a shortfall of more than 56,000 teachers for school year 2025 to 2026 alone
01:43To help address this, DepEd is fast-tracking the hiring of 16,000 new teachers by the end of the year
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