MANILA, Philippines — A day before the start of classes on Monday, the Department of Education (DepEd) said 832 public schools in areas affected by the impact last week of Supertyphoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) have decided to postpone their opening to allow the rehabilitation and cleanup of affected facilities.
A list provided on Sunday by Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara, which was later updated on Sunday night, showed that of these schools, the majority, or 452 were in Central Luzon, followed by the Ilocos region with 85. Next were the National Capital Region (NCR) with 225, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces) with 66, and Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos) with four.
The figures were higher than the 738 schools nationwide, which the DepEd said last week would not be able to reopen on Monday. Of that total, 442 schools were in Central Luzon, 206 in the NCR, 86 in the Cordillera Administrative Region, and four in Cotabato.
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