SCHOOL OPENING. The Department of Education in Western Visayas has established a help desk to look into the concerns and provide actions in line with the opening of classes on Aug. 22. DepEd regional information officer Hernani Escullar Jr. in a phone interview on Tuesday (Aug. 16, 2022 said for this school year there is a need for 16,494 new classrooms.(Photo courtesy of DepEd Region 6) ILOILO CITY - Western Visayas needs 16,494 new classrooms for this school year, according to the record of the regional engineer and data from schools division offices as contained in their Basic Education Learning Continuity and Recovery Plan (BELCRP). "There are divisions that do not need new classrooms. Most of those in need are those that were affected or damaged by the past typhoons and calamities. Our affected divisions are in coordination with the regional and office and government agencies like the Department of Public Works and Highways for the construction," DepEd regional informati