The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) have committed to construct new classrooms to replace those that were destroyed by typhoon Yolanda in Palo I district.
District supervisor Philip L. Teraza said that the USAID will construct 30 classrooms that will start this third week of April while NGCP will be responsible for the remaining nine others.
NGCP engineers and contractors did an inspection of the proposed site on Monday.
The 30 classrooms will be built by USAID at the Palo I Central School with 14; two each in elementary schools in San Agustin and Castilla; three in Luntad and nine in
NGCP will build three classrooms each in Palo I Central School and
Aside from the two confirmed donors, there are also other interested groups that are consulting with his office for any help they could extend to help the 12 affected schools of the district.
Nonetheless, he already instructed the principals of the affected schools to “preserve their temporary learning spaces” as he expressed that the construction and repair of damaged classrooms will not be completed by June.
USAID has relayed that their construction of new classrooms will take around five months, he said.
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