COA flags just 2% completion of 5,298 target classrooms in 2025

Inquirer.net - Sep 29, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the low percentage of completed classrooms for 2025, noting that only 2 percent of the 5,298 classrooms targeted to be built that year were actually finished. According to its 2025 audit report on the Department of Education (DepEd), COA said 66 percent, or 9,450 out

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