Manila, Aug. 28 -- Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday said the Department of Education's (DepEd) partnership with HOPE and other private companies to address the country's massive classroom backlog is a landmark collaboration that advances President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s vision of a whole-of-nation approach to transform the education sector.

DepEd's Generation HOPE program mobilizes the resources of HOPE and partner companies such as SM, Penshoppe, Grab, Aivee, Carmen's Best, Sunnies, and Banco de Oro to construct new classrooms nationwide under a public-private partnership scheme with the education department.

In his State of the Nation Address last July 28, Marcos announced that his administration will work hand in han...