(See table 11).
In response to the shortages of classrooms and desks, the government administered the School Building Program . However, according to Mr. Trinidad there was no year the department had a surplus of physical facilities. The backlog demand of previous years and the annual increase of enrollment aggravated the problem of budgetary allowance. Because of this the department rely on loans from the World Bank.
In 1992, the total budgetary deficit is estimated to P11 billion. P7.5 billion were allotted for teacher items, classrooms, textbooks and desks. While P3.5 billion was the forecasted as additional costs for 500,000 new enrollees. The government is taking up several measures in resolving this problem. Loans and investments from foreign companies are the primary "new sources of funds." (Making Education Work, 1992).
B) Growing population in the Philippines.
One of the reasons for the inadequacy of physical components for education is the growing population in the Philippines. There is a rapid annual population growth of 2.28 percent. Based on data from National Statistics Office, there was a 75 million (See table 12) Filipinos in the year 2000. This will still increase in the succeeding years. Increase in population growth rate suggests increase in enrollment rate. The government expects yearly increases of students. True enough in the school year 1998-1999 there was an increase of 2.6 percent and 2.2 percent of enrollment rate in the elementary and secondary levels, respectively (See table 13). In order to accommodate the large number of expected students the government spends on building new schools, providing textbooks and other physical needs. In the school year 1999-2000 there were 39,312 public schools compared with the previous school year's 39,011. On the other hand there is also an increase of 107 schools in the secondary level. Establishment of new schools coincides with higher government expenditures.