Data from the Department of Education (DepEd) showed that as of yesterday, 730 schools were damaged from flooding and 34 schools, mostly in the Bicol Region, were hit by landslides.
The number represents 863 wrecked classrooms needing reconstruction worth P2.1 billion and 1,026 classrooms that require major repairs worth P513 million.
Schools also lost 381,551 learning materials including computers and books and 17,575 school furniture, such as desks, appliances and chairs.
Overall, the DepEd said nearly 43,000 schools and offices were exposed to the tropical storm, meaning they are within areas where authorities had issued warnings against flooding, heavy rainfall, storm signals and a call for pre-disaster risk assessment.
DepEd said about 21.4 million students and nearly 900,000 teachers and school workers were within these areas.
Education Secretary Sonny Angara earlier said DepEd has access to P2 billion to P3 billion for calamity funds that could be used to repair and rehabilitate damaged classrooms.
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