Less than 50% of 47k public schools have CCTV cameras -DepEd

GMA Network - Oct 12, 2026

The Department of Education on Monday reported that less than 50% of the 47,000 public schools in the country have CCTV cameras installed despite numerous violent incidents in the past months.

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