Public works told to put up 1,000 modular libraries

Interesting News Out Of The Philippines: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to build an additional 1,000 new modular libraries to address the severe backlog of public libraries in the country’s public school system.

The undertaking, to be pursued under the “GMA Modular Libraries” program, is primarily designed to reverse the backlog of public libraries in remote public elementary and high schools nationwide.