TACLOBAN CITY — Public school students across Eastern Visayas are gaining access to modern, safer learning environments as the national government accelerates classroom construction to resolve regional infrastructure shortages. Executed through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), several newly completed school building projects in Samar, Leyte, and Southern Leyte have officially turned over fresh facilities to overcrowded campuses. The infrastructure expansion supports the Philippine President's national directive to modernize public basic education facilities and expand physical access to quality learning spaces in rural communities.
In Samar, the DPWH Samar First District Engineering Office completed two school buildings for 145 junior high school students at Blanca Aurora Integrated School in San Jorge, equipped with basic hygiene facilities and provisions for persons with disabilities (PWDs). In Ormoc City, the Leyte Fourth District Engineering Office turned over a four-story, eight-classroom building for Grades 5 and 6, alongside a two-classroom kindergarten structure at Liloan Central School. Additional completed projects include a two-classroom facility at San Juan National High School in Southern Leyte, a two-classroom building at Makinhas Elementary School in Baybay City, and the first-ever two-story, six-classroom building at Mariano Salazar Elementary School in Alangalang, Leyte.
According to official DPWH statements, these newly constructed school structures are built to withstand regional weather hazards while immediately easing classroom congestion and replacing aging temporary facilities. By providing dedicated spaces for both elementary and secondary grade levels, the ongoing infrastructure push ensures that teachers have appropriate instructional environments to improve learning outcomes. The national government's sustained capital investment across Eastern Visayas highlights a long-term strategy to ensure public school infrastructure keeps pace with expanding student enrollments across Region 8.
