Teachers continue cleaning classrooms at the Dampalit Elementary School 1 in Malabon City on July 29, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN news

MANILA — Some 600 public schools on Wednesday have yet to open their classes due to the impact of Typhoon Carina and the habagat, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said. 

Majority of these schools or around 356 are in Central Luzon, while 171 are in Metro Manila, 86 are in the Ilocos Region and 60 are in Calabarzon.

“Bumaba na sa 600 [schools] from initial na noong Monday parang over 1,000 schools na tumigil dahil nadagdagan iyon noong local government cancellations. So ngayon nasa 600 na lang,” Angara told reporters during the “Brigada Pagbasa Partners Network” launch. 

“I think that is already 99 percent [schools opened]. So less than 1 percent, iyong 600 na hindi pa nagbubukas,” he added.

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DepEd said around 47,000 public schools nationwide were  supposed to officially open their classes on July 29 2024. However, the recent typhoon and habagat damaged scores of schools, while others were used as evacuation centers.  

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