MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said “ghost classroom projects” are less likely to slip through under local government units (LGUs), citing stricter accountability where officials can be directly confronted by residents. Marcos highlighted the country’s classroom shortage, which has forced schools to implement shifting schedules and hold classes in basketball courts and even under trees. As of December 2025, the Philippines faces a shortage of 145,000 classrooms. READ: DepEd eyeing to tap LGUs in classroom construction projects “How have we allowed this to become such a bad, bad situation? I cannot—I cannot understand,” Marcos said during the […]... Keep on reading: Marcos: 'Ghost classroom projects' less likely under LGU oversight