Local officials, lawmakers, and leaders back urgent passage of Sen. Bam Aquino’s CAP Act

Aquino urges Marcos to certify classroom bill as urgent amid severe shortage

IN a forceful push against the nation’s severe education crisis, Senator Paolo Benigno ‘Bam’ Aquino IV is directly challenging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to certify the Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act as urgent, demanding immediate legislative action to fix a crippling classroom shortage.Aquino, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education and authored Senate Bill No. 121 (CAP Act), pointed out the need for urgency, c…

MAYOR ISKO BACKS PLAN TO BUILD MORE CLASSROOMS

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso added his voice to the growing clamor for the passage of Senator Bam Aquino’s Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act, which seeks to address the country’s classroom backlog. In a statement, Domagoso agreed that Aquino’s proposal to involve government units (LGUs) in the construction of classrooms will hasten efforts to reduce the classroom shortage in public schools across the country. “A…

Over 300 leaders back Sen. Bam Aquino’s Classroom-Building Acceleration Program Act

More than 300 local officials, lawmakers, and education advocates have rallied behind Sen. Bam Aquino’s Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act, a proposed measure designed to speed up the construction of public school classrooms nationwide. Filed as Senate Bill No. 121, the bill seeks to decentralize the classroom construction process by authorizing not just the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) but also local government …

Local officials, lawmakers, and leaders back urgent passage of Sen. Bam Aquino’s CAP Act

Who wouldn’t support a faster classroom building program? More than 300 local officials, lawmakers, and other leaders have united in expressing their strong support for the passage of Sen. Bam Aquino’s Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act, stating that the proposed measure aims to help address the classroom backlog in public schools nationwide. Senate Bill No.