Following Tuesday night's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Cebu, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported on Wednesday that around 16,000 schools in the Visayas region were affected, with over 200 classrooms damaged.
As of 9 a.m. today, October 1, DepEd Media Relations Chief Dennis Legaspi said that the agency's Disaster Risk Reduction Management Service had received 54 initial reports related to the earthquake, covering 2,200 learners and 97 teaching and non-teaching personnel.
While subject to validation, DepEd reported 257 classrooms damaged, with 34 being totally damaged, 26 having major damage and the other 197 were minor.
Six WASH or Water, Sanitation and Hygiene facilities were also destroyed by the quake.
The reports covered 11 School Division Offices, specifically in Canlaon City, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Iloilo, Bohol, Carcar City, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Toledo City, and Bogo City.
Meanwhile, Legaspi confirmed that no learners have been reported injured so far.
The 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Cebu on Tuesday night, leaving at least 69 dead, collapsing numerous buildings and houses, triggering tsunami advisories, and causing landslides and widespread power outages in Visayas.
