DepEd List: Schools ready for senior high school (SHS) in 2016

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has released on Tuesday, May 12 the initial list of Senior High Schools (SHS) that will offer senior high school (SHS) in 2016 during the full implementation of the K to 12 program.

Photo Credit: gov.ph/ DepEd

The partial list includes DepEd and non-DepEd schools, higher education institutions (HEIs), technical vocational institutions (TVIs), state universities and colleges (SUCs).

DepEd Secretary Br. Armin Luistro FSC announced that “the 2014 and 2015 budgets already have allocations for 30,000 classrooms for SHS.” He also mentioned that the initial target for the proposed 2016 budget, which is subject for approval, is over 20,000 classrooms for SHS. The government shall further allocate investments for SHS.

The partial list shows 3,839 public schools that were submitted to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for funding and to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for bidding and construction.

Also included is the initial list of the 1,866 non-DepEd schools, which include private schools, HEIS, TVIs, LUCs, and SUCs that have been cleared to offer SHS come June 2016. There are still applications being processed.

View the partial list of DepEd schools that offer SHS here.

View the partial list of non-DepEd schools that offer SHS here.

At least 39 dead, 1,129 injured from Fresh Nepal Earthquake

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: At least 36 people in Nepal and 3 others from neighboring India have died in the fresh 7.3-magnitude earthquake which struck the Himalayan country and neighboring states on Tuesday, May 12.

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Nepal Tuesday, May 12 | Credit: Nepali TV

Nepalese Home Ministry Spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal told to CNN that a total of 1,129 have suffered injuries due to the latest earthquake.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said that the Nepal earthquake which occurred southeast of Zham, China was the result of thrust faulting on or near the decollément associated with the Main Himalayan Thrust, which defines the interface between the underthrusting India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north.

"At the location of this earthquake, approximately 80 km to the east-northeast of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, the India plate is converging with Eurasia at a rate of 45 mm/yr towards the north-northeast – a fraction of which (~18 mm/yr) is driving the uplift of the Himalayan mountain range," USGS added.

Since the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake known as the Gorkha earthquake, USGS said that today's event is the largest aftershock to date. However, the magnitude-7.8 quake last month- which killed more than 8,000 people -- was more than three times bigger and 5.6 times stronger, in terms of energy released, according to the agency.


Latest Nepal Earthquake triggers panic

In the middle of the day, Nepal's capital Kathmandu and other cities was shocked once again of the earthquake nightmare.

At Kathmandu's airport, Channel NewsAsia reporter Jack Board has shared video of hundreds of people running of out of the building as the ground rumbled.

Hundreds of people running of out of Kathmandu airport. Scary shaking from aftershock #NepalQuake pic.twitter.com/XiIdB0BCCS

— Jack Board (@JackBoard) May 12, 2015

Meanwhile, Canadian Red Crosss revealed a video footage of one frightening collapse of rocks near Dhunche, about 30 miles north of Kathmandu.

Video footage from our team near Dhunche, #Nepal, after today's #NepalQuake. pic.twitter.com/nR9IlyImyj via @Federation

— Canadian Red Cross (@redcrosscanada) May 12, 2015

On Tuesday, the Philippines and the whole world unite as '#PrayForNepal' once again dominated the social media trends.

Another earthquake struck again 😔#PrayForNepal 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/YlDsr9hVuM

— AYTANA (@itsAytana) May 12, 2015