(Photo: The & And Leytean)
TACLOBAN CITY – Education Secretary Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, during his visit to Leyte National High School (LNHS) on Monday, November 11, assured that the Department of Education (DepEd) is addressing the shortage of school buildings in the region.
The visit was part of Secretary Angara’s itinerary for attending the DepEd national management committee meeting in Tacloban.
He was accompanied by DepEd Eastern Visayas Regional Director Evelyn Fetalvero and other regional and city education officials, as well as DepEd undersecretaries and assistant secretaries.
LNHS, one of the oldest and largest secondary schools in Eastern Visayas, serves more than 9,000 students from Grade 7 to Grade 12.
“We learned during our breakfast discussion with RD [Regional Director] that you have a deficit of 53 classrooms and are operating with double shifts,” Sec. Angara stated during his meeting with the LNHS administration and the Parents Teachers Association officers.
Addressing these logistical gaps is one of the Central Office’s priorities,” he added.
In addition to visiting LNHS, Angara also stopped by the City DepEd Division and the Leyte DepEd Division. He is also scheduled to visit the nearby towns of Tanauan and Palo.
The DepEd National Management Committee meeting, attended by top officials from all regions and the Central Office, runs from November 11 to 12.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)
